PLEASE READ: Awareness of incident at the Windmill House on Chappy...See Something, Say Something
Aug
28
Written by:
8/28/2019 9:39 AM
We recently received this e-mail from the owner of the
Windmill house on Chappy. (08/27/19)
“Yesterday, I was delivering supplies to the
house, Dave one of my guys was an hour ahead. He ran into one of the Sport
Casters (Surfcaster) members who saw a white jeep cut the fence down in a few
spots, he told Dave he confronted them...they were not too friendly..and said
"we don't care"
I want to thank who ever it was, I
appreciate your guys making an effort to keep things friendly between the
fishing community and my efforts to keep the area accessible to fishing. There
is always one bad apple.
I think it may be time to adjust the fence
line, everyday the access changes due to tides. I will work on it this week. I
also will be adding small pieces of reflective tape on the fence posts, I think
it will help the fisherman navigate at night.
This kind of behavior by a member of the fishing
community on Martha’s Vineyard is unacceptable.
As Matt said, “there is always one bad apple”.
Although one bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch it does give all of us a bad name and is a black
eye for the angling community in general.
Matt is an angler himself and a good guy. He takes a lot
of pride in his property and is dedicated to preserving it’s natural beauty. He
has worked with us to keep high tide access to the Gut available and he has
also agreed to open an area just south of his house for parking during the
Derby. He does not have to do this. Please be appreciative by showing respect
for him and his property and please, if you see something, say something before
we lose total access to the entire area.