By dbalon on
8/9/2016 8:42 AM
Trustees of Reservations
August 8, 2016
There is a newly installed set of stairs at Wasque Point! The Trustees had a new staircase installed to replace the previous wooden staircase that had been damaged and destroyed by storms and erosion years back. You can now park at the Wasque Fisherman lot, follow the trail for 50 yards and then go down the staircase right to Wasque Point/beach!
Click here for full details from the Trustees at the following link:
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By dbalon on
5/12/2016 2:16 PM
Robert Scott “Hawkeye” Jacobs, who spurned the trappings of corporate success and followed his love of fishing to the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, where he found friends and a way of life that suited his personality — gregarious when it came to poker, and solitary when he thought the stripers might be biting during the Derby — died Sunday at his home in Oak Bluffs with friends and his brother by his side, following a long illness. He was 68.
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By dbalon on
5/9/2016 12:51 PM
It is with
very hearts that we must pass along some sad news. Hawkeye (Bob Jacobs) passed
away on Sunday, May 8th after a battle with cancer. Hawkeye was a surfcaster
legend and more importantly a great friend to all that knew him. The island
will not be the same without him.
There will be a graveyard service
for Hawkeye at 11 a.m. on Thursday May12th (this week) at the Oak Bluff cemetery.
Afterwards there will be a pot luck gathering at Janet Messineo’s house, 77
Snake Hollow, to share stories and be together in this sad time, to celebrate
the life of Robert Jacobs.
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By dbalon on
4/18/2016 7:37 PM
The 2016 Striper Season is off to an early start on the Vineyard. Early reports say the first fresh striper was caught on Martha's Vineyard on April 14th! There are multiple reports of Stripers being caught as this nice Spring weather has kicked things into gear. Where they are being caught, when and on what are of course always secretive so just get out there and wet a line!
Fish On!
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By dbalon on
4/14/2016 9:22 AM
MVSA collected a large amount of provisions that were to be sent to SSG Joseph Larson and his unit, somewhere in
Iraq. The unit benefitted from the MVSA donations a few months back. He again sent his
sincere thanks and said that because they will soon be back stateside he said
not to send anymore packages.
If we are going to collect and send packages in the future we will have to keep
our ears open for military members who are serving overseas.
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By dbalon on
9/30/2015 9:15 PM
The derby Gods have spoken and the Norton Pont Breach is now wide open again. It opened sometime on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 30th. The breach is now about 50 feet wide and a large amount of current passing through it. If you are fishing there during the derby please be extremely careful as the sand is very soft and somewhat like quicksand within 10 feet of the water's edge. No fish is worth risking your life.
Check out the photo link below to see what it looked like today, 9/30.
Mother nature has spoken and the derby now has a new twist!
Fish on and be safe!
Breach 093015.docx
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By dbalon on
9/11/2015 8:52 PM
Folks
A couple of updates from the club:
· Today the MV Surfcasters made a $1000 donation to the 7’th annual American Heroes Saltwater Challenge. We’ve been supporting this event financially and with a large volunteer team at the East Beach outing for the soldiers and families. The event takes place Oct 12-15 this year. More details to follow re: the East Beach outing.
· Would encourage the club members to consider making a personal donation as well. Please refer to the following link:
http://www.saltwaterchallenge.org/
· The Surfcasters and Larry’s Tackle got together and purchased a pier fish landing net for the new OB fish pier. The net will be set up at the pier tomorrow and removed at the end of the Derby
· There was a typo in the recently distributed email version of the Aug newsletter, incorrectly listing the min striped bass weigh-in as 34”, it’s 32”. (The MVSA Newsletter in the BLOG section of the MVSA website has been corrected)
· There are still several fillet shifts open during the Derby as follows: PM shifts - 9/15, 17, 22, 24, 29, and 10/1 & 8 (8:00-10:00PM) as well as AM shifts on 10/8, 9, 10, & 15 (8:00-10:00AM). It’s a great opportunity to represent both the Surfcasters & the Derby. If interested please contact Phil Horton or you can reply through the CONTACT US page on the MVSA website and Phil will be notifiedu.
The grand prize Eastern boat arrived on island this AM. Pictures can be found on the Derby FB page. It’s a beauty.
Wishing you all an enjoyable and safe Derby, go catch ‘em Surfcasters.
Phil
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By dbalon on
4/2/2015 9:35 PM
As of April 2, 2015 the Norton Point Breach has now closed after being open for 8 years! A nice Spring gift from Mother Nature to get us all excited about the 2015 fishing season. It is absolutely amazing the changes that have taken place over the years and how it is almost put back together again. Will it last?...only time will tell.
Check out the pictures provided by Ron Domurat.
Click here for a few great shots of this historic closing of the Breach!
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By dbalon on
11/1/2014 12:23 PM
ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Board Approves Addendum IV for Implementation in 2015
October 31, 2014
Mystic, CT – The Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board approved Addendum IV to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The Addendum establishes new fishing mortality (F) reference points as recommended by the 2013 benchmark stock assessment. In order to reduce F to a level at or below the new target, coastal states will implement a 25% harvest reduction from 2013 levels. Chesapeake Bay states/jurisdictions will implement a 20.5% harvest reduction from 2012 levels since their fisheries were reduced by 14% in 2013 based on their management program. All states/jurisdictions will promulgate regulations prior to the start of their 2015 fisheries.
Click here to read the entire article.
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By dbalon on
11/1/2014 12:02 PM
OnTheWater
By Jimmy Fee
October 30, 2014
Striped Bass Regulations to Change in 2015
Yesterday, I sat in on the meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Management Board. Representatives from North Carolina to Maine looked at the latest stock assessment and public comment to determine whether or not to change the striped bass regulations.
There was a clear divide between New York/New England and the Chesapeake Bay States. Representatives from the bay states insisted that their fishery was primarily on the smaller male striped bass that do not migrate from the bay, a segment of the population they believed to be healthy, while the coastal states, with the exception of New Jersey and Delaware, wanted to see an immediate reduction in fishing mortality on the Spawing Stock Biomass, that is the larger migratory fish, most of which are female. Options supported by the bay states included a 17% reduction in harvest, or an incremental 7% reduction in harvest over three years. The New England States and New York supported the most conservative option, a 25% reduction effective in 2015. In the end, a compromise was reached to reduce striped bass fishing mortality by 25% in the Coastal States and 20.5% in the Chesapeake Bay, beginning in 2015.
Click here to read the full article.
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