Founded in 1936, the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club ranks among the oldest fishing clubs not only in New Jersey but in the United States as well and was among the first clubs to be certified by the International Game Fish Association back in 1939. A club with a...
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MRMTC CLUB FOCUS ARTICLE – ON THE RIP MAGAZINE
SINKING THE AUSTIN, 68′ TRAWLER
Good news for recreational anglers, divers and the shore economy. The Austin, a 68' trawler, is ready to be sunk on the Axel Carlson Reef when weather and sea conditions permit. This is the fourth additional deployment to the NJ Artificial Reef Program this year. The Austin is being sunk...
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MRMTC DEPLOYMENT
The Fisherman By Jim Hutchinson, Jr. | August 10, 2016 The third of eleven reef deployments off the Jersey Coast in 2016 is the New York Harbor Charlie renamed in honor of Jack Murray of the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club. Full article here
REEF REBIRTH
Asbury Park Press Dan Radel, @DanielRadelAPP, August 10, 2016 A little before 8 a.m. a small group of fishermen resumed a ritual that was nearly lost due to a territorial war. They formed their boats into a semi-circle two miles off the coast of Point Pleasant Beach to watch a...
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LOSS OF MANASQUAN RIDGE?
Fishermen have fished the Manasquan Ridge for generations but now they fear it could be vacuumed up to build dunes on the beach The appearance of the 123-foot offshore supply vessel Scarlett Isabella on the Manasquan Ridge is a bad omen to Capt. Jim Lovgren, a Point Pleasant Beach commercial...
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