"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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Here in New Jersey swimmers *must* swim in front of Life Guards and inside
a designated
(blue flags or ropes with floats) swimming zone. Swimmers are not allowed
to swim outside
the swiimming zone and fisherman are not allowed to fish inside the
swimming zone. That is
unless there are no swimmers or no swimmers and no Life Guards. If there
are Life Guards
and no swimmers then you have to get permission from the Life Guard and
usually you will
have to move outside the swim zone if a swimmer shows up.

My problem is with all the morons who walk along the beach and come within
my safety zone.
I use a 12' surf rod and need at least a 20' ~ 25' safety zone round me so
I don't hook a
walker. Luckily sunrise and sunset are the best times to fish and there
are less people on
the beach then. However, if you are fishing the high tide during the day,
this does become
a problem.

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Dave
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Everything that David said....I fish just south of where Dave does.......it
is nearly impossible to fish my local beaches while the crowds are here,
between 9-5 the guards are there to keep the swimmers in line, after 5 the
people just go anywhere they want, I've seen people walk right up to people
who were in the act of casting, seen kids getting slapped into jetties
without a parent in sight, giggly girls walking on swamped jetties barefoot
without a clue, and on the off chance you actually catch a fish :^) you
are a magnet for every kid on the beach, and lots of the old timers too. I
can't imagine being able to wade into a crowd of swimmers to fish, it just
wouldn't happen here, if the guards were on duty.....but like I said, after
5, all bets are off, the beach is a free-for-all, surfers, skimboarders,
fishermen, kayakers, young lovers, and the mentally unstable all come out to
play. Then the sun goes down, and it gets really weird!
The Army Corp of Engineers also recently "notched" all the jetties around
here, making most of them unreachable at high tide, if at all, which further
diminishes your chances of getting any real fishing done while the crowds
are in town.
Ed
As a side note, I have heard more reports of sharks in our area, and close
in, than I can recall in my life......they are Threshers, which aren't
considered lethal, but they do get big. Here's a great story of a guy who
hooked one last week:
http://www.stripersonline.com/ubb547...19/2916/3.html
Scroll down till you find the long article written by basschazerRP