RIP Rich Rusznak..... another Surf Fishing Legend gone...

[bababooey]

Rip

[storminsteve]

Sorry about your friend. May he RIP

[finchaser]

RIP Rich may the wind always be at your back

[hookset]

^^ Good phrase and blessing, sounds a little like the fishermans prayer. Sorry for your loss ds, may he RIP.

[baitstealer]

T&p for the family.

[buckethead]

Sorry to hear the news. I have seen him out there a few times, though quite some time ago. Capt Al Ristori posted this on nj.com Ristori report. Didn't realize he knew Joe Blaze. RIP

"One of the Shore's surfcasting legends has passed away. Rich Rusznak of Mountainside, who had suffered poor health for years, moved on to a calmer surf on Oct. 29 at just 61. A mentor to many younger surfcasters, Rusznak knew every inch of northern N.J. surf and river shorelines. Many photos of him can be found in my book, The Complete Book of Surf Fishing.While surfcasting, he became friends with fly rod expert Joe Blaze of Brielle -- who often invited him to join in school tuna trolling charters on my Sheri Berri II. I remember Rich boating a big dolphin in the Mud Hole in ever larger seas on a day before a hurricane.
Born and raised in Union, he worked for the Union Shade Trees Department -- but his retirement was spoiled by problems with leg clots that prevented him from pursuing his love of shore fishing. Indeed, the last time we got together for lunch, he could hardly walk from his car to the restaurant. Hopefully he's running along celestial beaches now."