Newark Watershed Permit Office Closed

Heard some rumors about this, so I decided to take a ride up and see for myself.  There is a sign on the Newark Watershed permit office that they are closed until further notice.  Bad news.

The summer camp at Echo Lake is still operating.

More updates as they become available…

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Columbia Trail Ride

I took a ride on the Columbia Trail from Long Valley to High Bridge the other day, continuing on to Spruce Run Reservoir before returning. The Columbia Trail is an old railroad right of way which has been converted to a mixed-use trail. The trail winds its way through the Ken Lockwood Gorge. On my […]

Game Fish Video from Pequest Open House

Here is a short video of one of the game fish displays at the Pequest Trout Hatchery Open House on April 2, 2011.

Scrambled Eggs with Perch Roe Recipe

I recently caught a number of Yellow Lake Perch which contained large sacks of roe. One of the old guys at my local bait and tackle place kept telling me how tasty it was to put the roe into scrambled eggs, so I wanted to try that out, but I was not able to […]

Mayor blames state for closure

Rockaway Township’s mayor, Louis Sceusi says that the closure of the Splitrock Reservoir parking lot was a last ditch effort to get the state involved in cleaning up and policing the area.  He also says it is working.  Read more.

Friends of Splitrock Created

I have created the Friends of Splitrock, a community group with the goal of preserving and promoting access to the Splitrock Reservoir.

I will continue to post major updates on this issue here, but there will be a lot more information available over at the Friends of Splitrock website.  Already I have gotten some positive news […]

Rockaway Township barricades Splitrock Reservoir parking lot

I visited the Splitrock Reservoir this evening expecting to get some good fishing in.  I had been chased off the water early on both Friday and Saturday nights by thunderstorms moving into the area, but the temperature was back down to the mid-eighties today and the full moon was going to be coming up right […]

Back from the range, malfunction seems to be gone

Just got back from the Bullet Hole after putting 350 rounds of different ammunition through my MKIII.  I had about 5 of the expected ejection problems (still waiting for my VQ extractor to be delivered), but other than that it functioned flawlessly.  The trigger/hammer sticking issue seems to have been fixed by cleaning up the […]

Fishing at Ramapo Lake

I spent my youth fishing.  Many weekends each summer were spent at my father’s parents house in Ocean City (New Jersey), each including a trip on one of the party boats for fluke.  During the week back home in Somerville, I would often head down to Peter’s Brook and spend the afternoons catching sunfish.

I don’t […]

Riding the Sussex Branch Trail

Today, Sheryl and I did about a 12 mile bike ride on the Sussex Branch Trail starting at Kittatinny Valley State Park.  The trail runs along a portion of the right of way of the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad’s Sussex Branch.  The tracks were removed decades ago, and all that is left is […]