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plugaholic
10-14-2011, 02:38 PM
Just a fyi for any one who wants to fish there, this was from an LBI site.
They are trying to make it more stable by making these geotubes. I don't know if it is a waste of money or not, we'll see.



Holgate is closed until further notice. Work is once again being done near the troubled access road, which washed out again overnight. The next effort to thwart erosion will be the on-scene making of geo-tubes. This is geotextiles in bag form, filled with sand and arranged in a specific pattern to break wave action. This is the most the state will allow since banning any hard structure, like rock breakwaters and such. The bags have met with moderate success on LBI. However, the jury is out on how well they will work against a very aggressive erosional scenario, like the entrance to the Holgate Wilderness Area

seamonkey
10-14-2011, 03:02 PM
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/images/icons/icon9.pngYes, and per the fishermans headquarters site it is closed till further notice. Shucks.

finchaser
10-14-2011, 10:58 PM
not nice to fool with mother nature

seamonkey
10-16-2011, 11:51 PM
That is a good point finchaser. The sea keeps wanting to make another inlet down there and we as fishermen don't want it. Do you think the army corps of engineers should do a study to see if it is feasable? If the water and storms are flowing that way, maybe it is foolish to ignore it.