Public Trust and access issues in the Town of Islip, Borough of Sayville, LI

[amboyangler]

Town of Islip contact: 631-224-5691

Town Policy:
1. Residents can obtain Recreation Cards with 2 forms of ID, unrestricted access for daily fishing.

2. Non- residents can show D/L and pay $10 to fish any of ther public docks or piers in the daytime.
(Allegedly they just instituted this policy)

3. after 6pm, no permit is needed to fish any of the places below:


West Ave Docks: "Fishing on West Ave is very popular, it gets quite crowded on weekends" Apparently the West Ave docks were recently rebuilt. If any of these places were rebuilt with federal $$, that might be a line of defense in case it's suddenly decided to restrict access to fishermen.

Maple Street Docks, Islip: This is a smaller area to fish, more secluded.

Great River Town Dock, great River: off of Great River road in great River.

Rich, I was in deed at the West Avenue Dock. I also ran the situation past the owner of Chasin Tails Bait & Tackle and he said the he sends people to fish there at night all the time and what that guy did was B.S.

[DarkSkies]

Rich, I was in deed at the West Avenue Dock. I also ran the situation past the owner of Chasin Tails Bait & Tackle and he said the he sends people to fish there at night all the time and what that guy did was B.S.

I think it's time for a road trip and to bring a video camera to record if we are chased out of there or not.

I know you guys don't do anything to embarass fishermen from NJ. I have fished with you guys among filthy conditions where everyone else are slobs, and you all still pick up after yourselves when you leave.

Further, if they used federal funds to rehab that dock, restricting access could be a liability for them. There's 3 places in RB where they had to put "beach access parking" spots in a newer condo development. I think part of that was they got federal funds to clean up the place before they built, and accept federal funds in the case of a bad storm. I'm not exactly sure as to the complete truth of that. All I know is we have bayshore access in a ritzy area, and they were required to grant that access.

These things get ugly when there are accusations slinging back and forth. For now, I'd like to wait for their answers, and then decide what to do. Still waiting for any members who live near there to give us further feedback.

In the meantime, I really feel like a midnight road trip there this weekend.

[amboyangler]

I think it's time for a road trip and to bring a video camera to record if we are chased out of there or not.

I know you guys don't do anything to embarass fishermen from NJ. I have fished with you guys among filthy conditions where everyone else are slobs, and you all still pick up after yourselves when you leave.

Further, if they used federal funds to rehab that dock, restricting access could be a liability for them. There's 3 places in RB where they had to put "beach access parking" spots in a newer condo development. I think part of that was they got federal funds to clean up the place before they built, and accept federal funds in the case of a bad storm. I'm not exactly sure as to the complete truth of that. All I know is we have bayshore access in a ritzy area, and they were required to grant that access.

These things get ugly when there are accusations slinging back and forth. For now, I'd like to wait for their answers, and then decide what to do. Still waiting for any members who live near there to give us further feedback.

In the meantime, I really feel like a midnight road trip there this weekend.

I'm up for it... Only day I would be able to do it is Monday Night..... because I am off Tuesday.