Monmouth County storm destruction and restoration

[DarkSkies]

There are significant changes in the Monmouth beach area from the latest round of Noreasters. Some positive, some irritating. All of life involves change... how will we as fishermen fare through these changes?

I started taking pics and videos, I'm sure others out there have some pics as well. Let's see em! :wow:

[DarkSkies]

I took this with a different camera, apologies for the clicking noises and the stuttered frame rates. Once you get used to better quality video, anything less causes you to become slightly impatient. :D

This is also a rare chance to hear my narrative at less than 78rpm. I was tired from the fishin I did the night before and didn't have any coffee yet. ;)


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[lostatsea]

Some morning pictures. I like the video, Dark, you should have taken some footage of the seawall north of that, there is nothing left. The ocean comes right up to the rocks. I'll try to take some the next time I'm out.

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Top video of MB is how it was for years and years with great fishing, until the the army corp of of morons filled it in and screwed it up.

[lostatsea]

Top video of MB is how it was for years and years with great fishing, until the the army corp of of morons filled it in and screwed it up.

Time for deja vu, because they're doing it again.


Sand from river dredging to replenish Monmouth Beach beach



By GRAELYN BRASHEAR (gbrashear@app.com) • STAFF WRITER • October 28, 2009

MONMOUTH BEACH — The borough beachfront will get an influx of up to 100,000 cubic yards of sand near the end of Central Road starting next week, the byproduct of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers, officials said.

Dredging will begin east of the Oceanic Bridge on or about Sunday, Nov. 1, said Joe Olha, a project manager with the corps' New York District. Work has already begun on a tunnel under Route 36 at Seacrest Road for a 16-inch diameter pipe that will carry the dredged sand to the beach, Olha said.
The main objective of the project, funded with $2.55 million in federal stimulus money, is to remove river shoals, sandy areas that make the waterway too shallow, he said.
But the project will also be a boon to Monmouth Beach, said Mayor Susan Howard, who said the back-to-back nor'easters that hit the Shore area earlier this month caused additional losses along the town's already-depleted oceanfront.
"We need that sand to keep the ocean out of our town," she said, "so whatever we get is beneficial."
The windfall from the dredging project will hopefully tide the borough's beaches over until federal funds for beach nourishment kick in, Howard said. Monmouth Beach is one of several Shore towns due to be replenished with funds set aside in a spending bill signed into law by President Barack Obama Wednesday.
Approximately 60,000 cubic yards of sand from shoals near the Oceanic Bridge will be deposited on the beach in a placement area that starts about 2,000 feet south of Seacrest Road and continues for another 1,200 feet south, according to the corps.
A second shoal in the Shrewsbury River east of Gunning Island could provide another 40,000 cubic yards of sand, said Olha, but whether that sand is dredged depends on how quickly the project progresses. The State Department of Environmental Protection dictates that dredging must be completed before Jan. 1, 2010, to protect migratory birds and fish.
The pipe carrying the sand will run along Seacrest Road and under Route 36 to the beach, said Olha. No lanes will be closed on Route 36, he said.
The DEP worked with the Army corps to determine the best place for the dredged sand, Olha said. Testing earlier this year revealed that the sand was appropriate for beach use. Beachfront boroughs were consulted on where the sand might best be used, Olha said — Sea Bright officials initially hoped some of it might end up on their beaches — and the state Department of Transportation also weighed in.
But, said Olha, it's the DEP that "pretty much drives where we're going to place (the sand)."

[Monty]

Anyone know if they have started pumping sand onto the beach.

[bababooey]

I don't think they are starting yet. Someone said next week?

[Monty]

Thanks Babababoey


I don't think they are starting yet. Someone said next week?

[DarkSkies]

I found a few... :D 10-22-09

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[finchaser]

Can sum this up in 4 words

TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY

[basshunter]

Great pics Dark, this one is one of the best, jmo.:thumbsup:

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9185&thumb=1&d=1263097405 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9185&d=1263097405)

[basshunter]

I took these at sea bright after the storm
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[hookset]

Fantastic pics guys. Here is one taken right after Sandy.
Boy it was great to have some of those jetties back, if even for a short while before they filled them back in. Even Long Branch had the best fishing it had in years. Sad to think by next summer all of that may be covered up again.

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[finchaser]

Same 4 words

Total waste of money

This has been going on ever since i remember you can't hold back the sea mother nature removes and replenishes. IMO there's been more destruction since they dredged and the bars at the hook get bigger.