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Newark, NJPermit No. 973

Organized May 24, 1935. Serving All the Sportsmen & Women of NJ

News For The Garden StateOutdoors Enthusiast

Vol. 46, No. 3 March 2013 One Dollar

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FEDERATEDCounties: Atlantic - Bergen - Burlington - Camden - Cape May - Cumberland - Essex - Gloucester - Hudson - Hunterdon - Mercer - Middlesex - Monmouth - Morris - Ocean - Passaic - Salem - Somerset - Sussex - Union - Warren

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SHOT Show 2013A Preview of the Year’s Best from Sin City

Pictured here are a few of the thousands of attendees negotiating their way about the2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas this past January. Photo courtesy the National ShootingSports Foundation.

by Oliver Shapiro

The SHOT (Shooting Hunting, andOutdoor Trade) Show has come and gone,and its 35-year history has qualified it as abona-fide institution in the Americanshooting and firearms business. Me, I’vebeen attending since 1997, making this the17th show I’ve visited. Next year, assum-ing I get there, I’ll have made it to half ofthem.

Circumstances pushed me into thecategories of hunting shotguns/shells andaccessories, which is fine with me. I’molder than I was in ‘97, and this suggestsless energy but more wisdom. Concedingthe first, hoping for the second, and cater-ing to both, I decide to map out my movesas carefully and efficiently as possible.After setting up a rough agenda, the funbegan.

Legacy Sports International(www.legacysports.com) is among the firstones to catch my eye. Old acquaintanceGene Lumsden, the outfit’s top dog, isalready busy in a meeting, but Marketingand Advertising honcho Rick Homme ishappy to give me the nickel tour. Hebegins with the new 20-gauge EscortSupreme semi-auto, a handsome firearm tobe sure. You may think that you’ve seenthese before but for 2013 there’s a newtwist: a left-hand twist, to be exact, as itnow comes also in true left-handed actionfor the southpaws among us. Both-handedmodels claim a less-than-0.5-second cyclerate for three shots (7/8-ounce loads).Other features include wood stock andblued barrel, nickel chrome moly linedbarrel, five standard chokes (full throughskeet), raised/vented rib with fiber opticsight, and more… all with an MSRP ofunder $620.

For the ladies (and some independ-ent-minded youths), the Ladies’ and Youthmodels in 20 gauge are also being intro-duced. What makes it special for the gals?The Moon Shine Muddy Girl camo patternprovides an eye-catching appearance thatwill bring a smile to anyone’s face. Thisconceals some serious functionality andease of use: FAST™ loading system,

SMART™ cycling, magazine cut-off,three chokes, and lots more.

Here’s a winner. Any hunter who’sever wanted to maximize his scent han-dling system will do well to consider thenew Stink Stick (gotta love that name)from ConQuest Scents (www.conquests-cents.com). To be sure, there is no shortageof scent deployment systems out there, butthis one has a modular-style design thatmakes customized application and trans-portation (to and from the targeted huntingarea) a snap. If used with other-brandscents, the fiberglass flow-through wick(provided) enables easier scent penetrationand better airflow (read: dispersion). Ifused with ConQuest EverCalm® wax-stick products, these can be slid into thestick, instead of the wick, easy peasy. Andthe stick can be screw-closed, to be self-contained when transporting it, avoidingstinkage or spillage of the user’s vehicle.Very elegant.

Always had a soft spot for Mossberg(www.mossberg.com) scatterguns, as a

500 pump was my first shotgun some yearsback. Despite their 2012 home run with therevolutionary Flex System, they displayedan impressive number of yet more excitingmodels available this year (including someFlex rifles, but I’ll leave that to myesteemed colleagues in the outdoors pressto report on). In the venerable 500 line (ofwhich over 10 million have been made),new offerings include the SyntheticThumbhole in a camo Turkey model (12gauge, 20-inch, X-Factor ported tube, ventrib, adjustable front and rear sights,Realtree) and Pump Action Integral ScopeBase (12 gauge, 24-inch, 2 ¾ and 3-inchshells, adjustable fiber-optic sights, riflebore).

How about their Recoil ReductionSystem? Your shotgun-toting customerscan ease their pain with any of the eightnew Mossberg shotguns using theMathews Harmonic Damper Technology,used in concert with a newly re-engineered

see SHOT, p. 6

AssemblyCommittee

Pushes ThroughAnti-Gun BillsAfter a chaotic and disorganized

seven-hour hearing of the AssemblyLaw & Public Safety Committee onFebruary 13, Democratic committeemembers rammed through an anti-gunpackage of more than 20 bills, includinga 10-round magazine limit, a .50 caliberban, and a massive new ammunitionregulation scheme.

However, these bills have NOT yetbecome law. This is the first step in alengthy legislative process, and anti-gunners still have a long uphill battle,which gun owners must vigorouslyresist. The next step is for these bills tomove to the full Assembly for a floorvote, which was scheduled to occur onThursday, February 21, two days afterthis issue of the NJFSN went to press.

There was massive showing ofmore than 500 gun owners for theFebruary 13 hearing – “likely a staterecord,” stated a release from theAssociation of NJ Rifle and PistolClubs. Unfortunately, there was insuffi-cient room in the committee room foreveryone, so overflow rooms were setup and quickly filled to capacity. At thatpoint, the State Police shut down accessto the State House to over 200 addition-al attendees, who spontaneously organ-ized themselves into an impromptu out-door rally, led by ANJRPC ExecutiveVP Anthony Colandro and NJ SecondAmendment Society leader Bob Henn.

Inside the committee room, theatmosphere was electric, as SecondAmendment leaders and gun ownersgave impassioned and enlightening tes-timony for more than seven hours. Thehearing rules changed several times, asgun owners decried the initial processwhich would have provided for testimo-ny to be taken after voting had takenplace. Eventually the hearing rulesevolved into a fairer process in whichtestimony was taken prior to voting.

The entire committee hearing canbe heard online at http://tinyurl.com-/a5728cf (scroll to Feb.13 and click “lis-ten”).

There was significant media cov-erage of the hearing. According to onereport in The Record, a representative ofCeasefireNJ testified that the lowermagazine capacity would “make it moredifficult for shooters to inflict maximumdamage in a short period of time.” Inresponse, Assemblywoman AlisonLittell McHose (R-Sussex) responded,“I think you have no clue what you’retalking about.”

A report from 101.5 radio quotedAssemblyman Sean Kean as saying,“For us to try to cut through all of theseimportant issues here today and try tocome up with responsible public policyis just not really how we do things. I justbelieve that these important issuesdeserve to be fully vetted and should notbe rushed through.”

The Asbury Park Press reportedthat Senate Majority Leader LorettaWeinberg spoke, and called theNewtown shootings “the last straw.”

Some of the bills were mergedtogether, and in the end all of the meas-ures under consideration were passed,despite the large majority of the speak-ers testifying in strong opposition to thepackage.

SF Survey Shows Decline inStriper Fishing Quality

Recreational saltwater fishermenfrom Maine to South Carolina are report-ing a major and continuing decline in thenumbers of striped bass caught and in theoverall quality of striper angling, accord-ing to an annual survey conducted byStripers Forever.

“The recreational catch of wildstriped bass on the Atlantic Coast, includ-ing fish released alive by anglers, hasplummeted from a high of nearly 29 mil-lion in 2006 to about 8 million in 2011, thelast full year of available data,” said BradBurns, president of Stripers Forever. “Thatnegative trend is consistent throughout thestriper’s range and reflects the generally

poor annual spawning success in theChesapeake Bay over the past decade,”Burns continued. “The number of saltwa-ter fishing trips has declined from 8.3 mil-lion to 5.7 million and although there areother fish for anglers to pursue, stripers arethe primary target species.”

Stripers Forever (SF) is a conserva-tion organization advocating game fish sta-tus for wild striped bass on the AtlanticCoast in order to significantly reducestriper mortality, provide optimum andsustainable public angling opportunities,and secure the greatest socio-economicvalue from the fishery.

Despite the poor spawning success in

the Chesapeake Bay (the 2012 young-of-the-year index was the lowest on record),the Atlantic States Marine FisheriesCommission (ASMFC), which regulatesthe striped bass fishery coast-wide, decid-ed in 2012 not to cut back on the historical-ly high commercial harvest quota. Norhave recreational bag limits been reduced.

“Stripers Forever thinks the upcom-ing striped bass stock assessment willshow the significant deterioration in thefishery recognized by anglers up and downthe coast and convince the ASMFC tointroduce meaningful conservation meas-ures to better manage the fishery coast-wide beginning with the 2014 season,”Burns says. “In the meantime, fewer peo-ple will fish for stripers and the large andvaluable recreational fishing and guiding

see Stripers, p. 4

County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs Information Directory

NEW JERSEY FEDERATED SPORTSMEN NEWS March 2013

Published monthly by the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Inc., a statewide organi-

zation of clubs and associate members serving all the sportsmen and women of New Jersey. The organiza-

tion is incorporated under the laws of New Jersey as a non-profit organization.

The newspaper is a membership publication. The opinions expressed in the newspaper are those of the

contributors and not necessarily of the Federation, unless stated otherwise.

Direct any changes of address to the Sportsmen News, PO Box 10173, Trenton, NJ 08650-0173. In

notifying us of a change of address, give both your old and new address. Be sure to give your zip code.

Send label from your last copy if possible.

Reprint permission is granted provided use is made of the following credit:

Reprinted from: New Jersey Federated Sportsmen News: Author’s By-Line (if any)

OFFICERS

State President - Frank Virgilio, 21 Tallowood Drive, Glassboro, NJ 08028

N. Vice President - John Rogalo, 4003 Waterloo Road, Stanhope, NJ 07874

C. Vice President - Ray Szpond, 2079 Lyde Place, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

S. Vice President - Ed Markowski, 5657 Chester Street, Mays Landing, NJ 08330

Membership Director - Pola Galie, PO Box 56, Waretown, NJ 08758

Treasurer - Gary Wolff, 47 Meadow Rd., Edison, NJ 08817, fax 732-777-1458

Asst. Treasurer - Stacey Rubsam, 1044 River Road, Green Bank, NJ 08215

Corresponding Secretary - Gerard Natale, 83 Victor Avenue, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764

Recording Secretary - Patricia H. Blazer, 149 Route 45, Salem, NJ 08079

NRA Rep. South - Paul Rivas, PO Box 251, Browns Mills, NJ 08015

NRA Rep. North - Irv Luizza, 43 West St., Box 111, Annandale, NJ 08801

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

N. Region - Jim Cosmano, 61 Payne Road, Andover, NJ 07860

N. Region - Bill Englehardt, 23 Saunders Lane, Hackettstown, NJ 07840

C. Region - Susan Rothermel, 16 Nicholas Blvd., Jackson, NJ 08527

C. Region - Charles Hendrickson, 621 Burke Road, Jackson, NJ 08527

S. Region - Perry Doyle, 323 Birmingham Road, Pemberton, NJ 08068

S. Region - Tom Weeast, 81 Kake Avenue, Williamstown, NJ 08904

Conservation Director Emeritus - George Howard, 219 Sidney Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867

Natural Resource Director - Rob Winkel, 111 12th Avenue, Seaside Park, NJ 08732

Chairman, Operation Game Thief -

Past President, Board of Directors - Ed Cuneo, 15 Villa Drive, Berlin, NJ 08009

County Meeting Date & Time Location Contact Phone Number

Atlantic2nd Thursday of month, 8:00 PM

except July and August

Germania Gun Club

Moss Mill Rd., Egg Harbor, NJEric Gaupp 609-513-8542

Bergen3rd Thursday of month, 8:00 PM


Bergen County Communities Service Bldg., Rm

29, 327 Ridgewood Ave., Paramus, NJFrank Dara 973-523-2640

Burlington2nd Thursday of month, 7:30 PM


The American Legion

39 Pemberton-Julistown Rd., Pemberton, NJBill Schultz 856-235-3344

Camden3rd Wednesday of month, 7:30 PM


Square Circle Sportsmen Club

97 Clementon Rd., Gibbsboro, NJBill Schemel 856-931-5009

Cape May (please call for up-to-date information) Ken McDermott III 609-412-3811

Cumberland2nd Thursday of month, 7:30 PM


Menantico Gun Club

Union Rd., Maurice River Twp., NJBob Russell 856-327-2197

Essex2nd Thursday of month, 8:15 PM


Bloomfield Civic Center

84 Broad St., Bloomfield, NJCarmine Minichini 908-964-5713

Gloucester2nd Tuesday of month, 7:45 PM


George Ruch Building

14 St. and Highland Ave., Williamstown, NJThomas Weeast 856-629-9465

Hunterdon 2nd Thursday of month, 8:00 PMNorthern Region Office of Fish & Wildlife,

Clinton WMA, 26 RT 173 W, Hampton, NJLoren Robinson 908-782-1076

Mercer3rd Monday of month, 7:00 PM


Sportsmen’s Center

US Highway 130 N., Bordentown, NJRick Moore 609-882-2202

Middlesex1st Wednesday of month, 7:30 PM


Polish American Citizen’s Club

66 Adirondack Ave., Spotswood, NJJohn Messeroll 732-828-8543

Monmouth4th Wednesday of month, 7:30 PM


4 F’s Gun Club

Burke Rd, Freehold, NJKen Ganson 732-566-0841

Morris 1st Tuesday of month, 8:00 PMMine Hill American Legion Post 391

1 Legion Place, Mine Hill, NJ 07803John Rogalo 973-691-9355

Ocean (please call for up-to-date information) Larry Cella 908-839-0193

PassaicLast Monday of month, 7:30 PM

except June and July

The Wayne Civic Center, Room 3

1006 Hamburg Tpk., Wayne, NJRichard Weber 973-697-1814

SalemTuesday after 3rd Friday of month,

7:30 PM except Jul., Aug., and Dec.

Salem County Sportsmen Clubs

RT 40, Carneys Pt., NJDave Cesarano 856-223-0409

Somerset2nd Wednesday of month, 8:00 PM


Somerset Fish & Game Protective Assoc.

445 Milltown Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807Joe Griglak 908-526-9026

Sussex 2nd Wednesday of month, 8:00 PMSparta Ambulance Building

14 Sparta Ave., Sparta, NJDick Strobel 973-697-3989

Union1st Monday of month, 8:00 PM


Union County Complex Building

300 North Ave. East, Westfield, NJRay Szpond 908-403-5798

Warren4th Wednesday of month, 7:30 PM


Pequest Trout Hatchery

RT 46, Liberty Twp, NJBill Engelhardt 908-625-9699

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AT THE OUTSET:

The Times They Are

a-Changin’…

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American songster and poet BobDylan uttered these immortal words a cou-ple of generations back. Even though Inever had much taste for his works asmusical expressions, his social and politi-cal messages were nevertheless well worthconsideration, and those words capturemuch of the flavor of today’s times as well.

More to the point, the times they area-changin’… very quickly.

First of all, I certainly hope thatnobody reading last month’s issue madethe significant trek to the PennsylvaniaFarm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA,only to find that the Eastern Sports &Outdoors Show wasn’t happening. The“postponement” was announced a scanttwo days after we’d gone to press and werealready preparing for mailing. (For moreon the Harrisburg show, check out “OnThe Road” by Rick Methot on page 9 ofthis issue.)

As an aside, we also received wordthat the Atlantic City Outdoor Sports Showthis year has been similarly “postponed.”According to the show’s website,“Outdoor Sports Group after great deliber-ation and review has decided to postponethe Atlantic City Show, March 7-10, 2013.This course of action was not an easy deci-sion but it is our mission to provide quali-ty content and professional shows. Eventhough we had a lot of verbal commit-ments for Atlantic City we did not achieveenough support from the exhibiting com-munity to produce a quality event.”Whether or not there are echoes of theHarrisburg show controversy audible here,I am not prepared to say.

Another issue illustrating the times-changing-very-fast theme here surroundsthe ongoing fallout from the Sandy Hookshooting. With speed that undoubtedlymade Rahm Emmanuel proud (Bob

Brunisholz provides the quote in question;check out his “Tight Lines & StraightawayShots” on page 10), the state of New Yorkrammed through its inane new laws, evenwhile the SHOT Show was in progress inLas Vegas. (A number of lawmakers with-in the Empire State are calling for reviewsand/or repeals, in consideration of the factthat legislators apparently had a scant 60minutes to review it before being com-pelled to vote.) Too fast.

And, of course, New Jersey. By thetime you read this, the State Assembly willpresumably have voted on the preposter-ous new gun control laws, contained in nofewer than 43 bills, that were slappedtogether and thrown into committee. (Callme paranoid, but were these bills alreadyin place and simply waiting for the righttime to bring into daylight? I’m looking atyou again, Rahm…) And the legislativecommittee hearing on these wasannounced a mere five days before thefact. Way too fast.

Let’s go back to the time when Dylansang our title line. It was the early 1960s.Picture it for yourself… It was before theGun Control Act of 1968. People havingand using firearms for sporting purposeswere depicted on family television shows,in a perfectly innocent and matter-of-factmanner. (I have a specific recollectionfrom an old “Donna Reed Show” episodefitting this description.) Shouldering one’sfavorite shotgun and strolling the mile orso to one’s intended hunting area, in plainand public view, was commonplace.

Now compare those images to today.The times, they are a-changin’… Too

quickly. And not always for the better.

Oliver Shapiro, Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Middlesex County Federation Meeting

Dear Oliver,

The regular meeting of theMiddlesex County Federation ofSportsman’s Club was called to order onJanuary 2, 2013 at 7:30 by President JeffWren.

The Treasure’s report was acceptedas read.

Fish & Game Councilman JohnMesseroll reported:

The bear harvest was down. This was dueto bad weather and less hunters;The deer classic will be held at the GardenState Outdoor Sports Show on January 10,2013 to January 13, 2013;No official deer count has been announcedas of yet;Hunters are being asked not to bring anydeer or parts of deer into New Jersey fromany states or provinces that have had con-firmed cases of chronic wasting diseasepresent;The new call-in deer check system has hadpositive feed back and is working out well;The New Jersey State Federation ofSportsmens Clubs 77th Annual Meetingand Convention will be held on April 26th,27th, and 28th at the Sheraton EatontownHotel. People can attend all three days orjust one day. The convention will run about$100 a day and will include breakfast,lunch, and dinner;Our new exhibit booth will be on display atthe Garden State Outdoor Sports Show

where members will be selling member-ships. Frank Virgilio discussed member-ship selling strategies. Set-up of the boothwill be on January 9th at 10 am; andA-1538 is a bill that would allow Sundayfirearm hunting for deer hunting only asdiscussed. If this bill passed it would even-tually result in shortened seasons andreduced herds.

Under Old Business, there was noneUnder New Business, green sheets

are to be distributed to clubs. Please paydues in a timely manner.

There being no further business forthe evening, the meeting was adjourned at9:10 pm.

Ed Karecki, Sr.Spotswood, NJ

More Kudos to the Prez

Dear Oliver,

The Monmouth County Federationwould like to extend a “Job Well Done” toPresident Virgilio for his dedication,insight and leadership in making the recent2013 Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’sShow and Deer Classic a great success forthe Federation. His determination to makethe NJSFSC a professional and sophisti-cated organization has excelled in theappearance and design of the newFederation display booth.

With the help of his volunteers whomanned the booth for four days, theyexceeded all previous GSOSS show innew membership sign-ups. This is a smallexample of the new direction of the NJSF-SC will travel under President Virgilio.

Jerry Natale and The Officers andMembers of the Monmouth County

Federation

Paradise Fishing Club Ice Contest

Dear Oliver,

Wow, almost 2 years without ice fish-ing on Swartswood and we could not haveasked for a better day.

In the bitter pre-dawn cold, I couldfeel Mother Nature wringing every bit ofmoisture from the atmosphere. This wasconfirmed as clouds of frosty fog swirledin light cast by the headlamps of nearbyfishermen. And, as the sun rose, shimmer-ing ice crystals drifted in the air and coat-ed every surface of the gear in my sled. Itwasn’t long, though, before the sweepingclouds of ice fog gave way to the warmthof the late morning sun and light breezesthat came to characterize the day.

As a matter of fact, it got downrightwarm for February, and by the close of theday my hat was off and the single-digittemperatures of the morning were just adistant memory.

We had a great turnout with 70anglers joining us on the water, many ofwhom, joined us for the weigh-in andawards ceremony at the Boat House.

Here are the results:

Junior Division:

1st - Avery Geklinski, 20 3/8” length, 81/4” girth, 1.86 lb. pickerel2nd - Hunter Kitchell, 19” length, 8 3/4”

girth, 1.84 lb. pickerel3rd - Andrew Bork, 19 7/8” length, 7 7/8”girth, 1.66 lb. pickerel

Senior Division:

1st - Scott Cooper, 24 1/4” length, 11 1/4”girth, 3.74 lb. pickerel2nd - Dave Armstrong, 23 1/4” length, 105/8” girth, 3.22 lb. pickerel3rd - Matt VanDermark, 17” length, 113/4” girth, 3.02 lb. largemouth bassLargest Panfish - Tim Soja Sr., 12 3/4”length, 10 1/2” girth, 1.32 lb. crappieThanks to:

- Ken and Kathy Snyder and theirstaff at the Boat House for hosting thetournament and for all of their hard work,great service and excellent chili.

- all of the anglers who participatedand helped make this event a great success.

- George Morville of the MorvilleAgency for his donation of the JuniorAngler Prizes.

- our newest sponsor, Subaru Worldof Newton and their General ManagerGreg Kemp for the donation of all of thegreat fishing equipment and Subaru oilchange certificates and merchandise.

- and, last but not least, my wife, forall of her help with registration and organ-izing all of the tournament paperwork.

Scott CooperParadise Fishing Club of

Big Swartswood Lake

Send In Your Pictures!Assert your braggin’ rights! The NJFSN is looking for readers’ pictures of tro-phy, interesting, or simply noteworthy catches, kills, or sights seen while hunt-ing, fishing, trapping, or shooting. Digital images are preferred (email [email protected]), or send prints to the editor (along with returnpostage if you want them back). The NJFSN reserves the right to publish or notpublish any picture it receives, at its discretion. Include your name, home town,contact information (in case we have questions) and details of the picture’scontents.


How to Set Drag

Drag washers come in a variety of sizes, materials, and thicknesses in order to fine-tunethe friction on the reel spool. Photo courtesy John Strenk (of The Reel Tech,thereeltech.com).

by Vin T. Sparano

Drag is what keeps a fish from break-ing your line. That sounds simple, but fish-ermen sometimes lose big fish becausethey do not know or understand a fewbasic facts about the drag on their reel.

Many anglers, for example, tightentheir drag when a big fish makes a long runand strips off a lot of line. This is wrong.This reaction, to tighten the drag and stopthe fish, often results in a lost trophy. Thedrag should actually be lightened, becausea lot of line in the water as well as a small-er spool diameter will increase the drag.

Drag is the resistance of a reel againstthe fighting pull of a fish, and drag is set ata strain the line can endure without break-ing. The drag mechanism usually consistsof a series of washers made of metal (stain-less steel, aluminum, or chromed brass)and composition (leather, cork, plastic,fiber). The washers are stacked, alternatingmetal and composition, and the frictionbetween the surface areas of the washerscreates the resistance, or drag. When anangler tightens the drag on his reel, hecompresses these washers, creates morefriction, and increases drag. Conversely,when he backs off the drag, he lessens fric-tion and lightens drag.

If the size of a fish was the only fac-tor in setting drag, the job would be easy.But there are other considerations, such asthe friction of the line against the rodguides, resistance of the line being pulledthrough the water, and the amount of lineremaining on the reel spool after a longrun.

In addition, not all drags are createdequal. They should be smooth, but manyare sticky and jerky. In fact, it often takesas much as double the force of the drag set-ting to get the drag moving. For example,a drag set at five pounds may actually takeup to 10 pounds of pull before the dragstarts moving. It follows, therefore, that ifyou’re using 8-pound-test line you shouldset your drag at about two pounds to allow

for “starting your drag.”The amount of line on your spool is

another factor affecting drag. When theoutside diameter of line on your spool isreduced by half, the drag tension is dou-bled. For example, if your drag is set attwo pounds with a full spool, it will beincreased to four pounds when a fishmakes a long run and strips off half yourline.

Long, fast runs will also generatefriction and heat between drag washers.This will frequently tighten a drag and addeven more tension.

It’s also important to remember that arod held at about 45 degrees will add about10 percent to the drag you get, comparedto rod pointed directly at the fish. Thisincreased drag is due to friction betweenyour line and the rod guides. If the rod isheld at about 90 degrees, drag will increaseabout 35 percent of the initial setting.

This is why it is important to lightenthe drag and, when possible, point the rodat the fish when it is about to be netted orgaffed. If you hold your rod high and keepa tight drag, a sudden lunge by a fish couldbreak your line. But point the rod tip at thefish, and the line will run off the spoolmore easily, even with the same drag set-ting.

This technique of lowering the rod isalso used when handling thrashing orjumping fish, such as tarpon and marlin.Lowering the rod will lighten drag tensionand “cushion” the line from the shock of ajumping fish. This is called “bowing.” It’spart of the technique that makes it possibleto land 100-pound tarpon on 10-poundline.

Taking all the above factors into con-sideration, how does an angler set his dragso that he or she can feel reasonably securewhen a trophy fish is hooked? The firststep is to determine the minimum andmaximum range of drag for the variouspound-test lines (see accompanying table).By minimum drag, I mean “starting drag,”

the amount of pull needed to get the dragmoving. If the minimum drag seems lightfor the pound-test line, remember thatthere will be other factors increasing yourdrag beyond this setting, such as rod angle,spool diameter, and amount of line inwater. Maximum drag means the heaviestsetting you should use while fighting afish. Never go beyond the maximum foryour line class.

Let’s take 12-pound-test line and seewhat factors come into play. Minimumdrag is set at four pounds, but eight poundsof pull will likely be required to get thatdrag started. If the angler holds his rod at45 degrees or higher, he can add another10 percent, which brings the drag to near-ly 9 pounds. To this figure we also have toadd water resistance or line drag, whichvaries according to amount of line in thewater, line diameter, and speed of the fish.With 12-pound line and a fast fish, it canamount to as much as two pounds, whichbrings us up to 11 pounds of drag on your12-pound line. With only one pound ofdrag to spare, a big fish would likely breakthe line. It’s obvious that you’re far betteroff with a very light drag setting.

The first step is to set your drag at theminimum setting. This is easily done atdockside with a reliable fish scale and thehelp of a friend. Run your line through theguides and tie it to the scale. Ask yourfriend to hold the scale andback off about 30 feet.Tighten your drag andbegin to apply pressure asyou would when fighting afish. Now adjust the dragso that it comes into playwhen the scale reads thecorrect minimum dragweight. For example, ifyou’re using 12-poundline, the drag should beginto slip when you applyenough pressure to pull thescale indicator to the 4-

pound mark.Now, with your drag set at four

pounds, slowly tighten your drag until itcomes into play at eight pounds, which isthe maximum setting. Note how manyturns of the star drag or spool cap arerequired to bring your drag to maximumsetting. Play with the drag, setting it backand forth between four to eight pounds. Dothis several times and get the feel of theresistance and pressure you’re putting onthe line. With enough practice, you’ll beable to safely lighten or tighten the dragwhile fighting a fish.

An easier technique is to leave yourdrag set at the minimum setting and useyour hand or fingers to apply more drag.This is a method many anglers use and itworks well. You can practice with yourbuddy and the scale. With drag at the min-imum setting, cup your hand around thespool (assuming you’re using an open-facespinning reel), grip it so that the drag doesnot slip, and apply just enough pressure topull the scale indicator to the maximumfigure. Practice this technique and you’llsoon be able to bear down on a fish andgain line without even touching the dragknob.

With baitcasting reels, use yourthumb against the spool and hold the linesagainst the rod. Make sure you lift yourfinger when a big fish begins to run, or elseyou’ll get a bad line burn.

Learn to combine this hand techniquewith “pumping” and you will be able toland big fish on light lines. Pumping a bigfish in is not difficult. Let’s assume you’reusing an open-face spinning reel with alight drag. Put your hand around the spool,apply pressure, and ease your rod back intoa vertical position. Now drop the rod tipand quickly reel in the slack. Repeat theprocess and you’ll eventually have yourfish at boatside. Always be ready, howev-er, to lower the rod tip and release handpressure from the spool when you think thefish is about to make a run. When he stops,you begin to pump once again.

One last point: At the end of the day,back off the drag and release all pressureon the washers, or they will lose theirphysical characteristics and take a “set.” Ifthis happens, the drag will become jerkyand unpredictable. If the washers do take aset, you’ll need to replace them.

Drag Setting Chart

Line (lbs. test) Min. Drag (lbs.) Max. Drag (lbs.)6 1 ½ 48 2 510 3 612 4 820 6 1230 8 1550 12 2580 20 40130 30 50

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industries will continue to suffer.”“In 2012 we received 812 respons-

es to our annual survey,” indicates the SFwebsite. “ 647, or 80% of the respon-dents, have fished for stripers for morethan 10 years, and many of these peoplefished through both the last striped basscollapse and the recovery of the late1980s and 1990s... The summary is thatby all counts the fishery is continuing todecline. People report catching fewerfish, and this agrees with the officialNOAA data. After a few recent years ofperception that the average size fish wasgetting larger sentiments shifted the otherway. That is undoubtedly because theonly really good year class in the fishery,the 2003 year class, has now gotten older,and scarcer, and less likely to be caughtby the average recreational fisherman.”

The full results of the survey can bereviewed under Recent News on the rightside of the Stripers Forever website homepage at www.stripersforever.org.

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Public access to Island Beach StatePark is now possible with the recentreopening of Route 35 in Seaside Park.Entry to the park during this initial reopen-ing phase is free.

Ocean Bathing Area 1 is now openfor walking and vehicle beach access fol-lowing removal of debris and cleanup ofsand. Ocean Bathing Area 1, traditionallyone of the most popular areas at IslandBeach, is located four miles south of theentrance to the park.

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Collecting CartridgesSome of those old car-tridges can be interestingand rewarding to collect...and a few might just beworth more than youexpect. Bob Brunisholzphoto.

by Bob Brunisholz

“Bob, wait ‘till you see these.”The comment had become routine,

and always brought a smile to my face.I’d developed a habit of arriving just

a shade early at what I call my “home” trapgrounds at Pocono Slate Belt Trapshootingclub. The early arrival gave me a few extraminutes to get on the squad I wanted, plusenter the names of several of my croniesbefore they arrived, thus assuring we’dshoot on the same squad. That, however,wasn’t the primary reason for arrivingearly. Had I arrived a little later, thosesame cronies would have listed my nameon their squad.

The reason I arrived early was toenable me to back the ol’ Jeep into a slotdirectly behind whichever number trapBill Resch happened to be pulling that day.Bill is an excellent trapshooter, but he’salso one of the club’s official scorekeepersas well as an avid cartridge collector.Routinely, as soon as he’d see me pull intothe lot, he’d head my way with his handdigging into one or both of his jacket pock-ets to retrieve whatever nuggets he’dmined from the latest gun or sports show.

Many were standard, and typical ofthe size and shape rifle ammo to whichwe’ve all become accustomed, while oth-ers ranged somewhere between weird andbizarre, like the old pinfire cartridges.Sometimes his travels, travails, andodysseys into a world foreign to me pro-duced a mere one or two cartridges orshells, while at other times he’d apparent-ly hit the mother lode and would be totinga small, cloth bag (of the sort that manyelders like me remember as the type weonce kept our prize marbles in) and the bagwould be loaded with old ammo.

(Yeah, I know, kids don’t play mar-bles today. They’re too infatuated withiPads or pods or whatever you call ‘em,Smartphones, or gimmicks so alien to methey might as well be teleportation devices

from a “Star Wars”… or isthat “Trek?”… movie.And almost all youngsterstoday have these strangedevices surgically attachedto their upper appendagesand they stare at them asthough in a Steven King-like trance while walking,running, and sometimeseven driving. I wonderwhether any of themwould know what a Mibis, or perhaps an Aggie, orwhat the term Bombsies means? Marblesindeed. Am I showing my age, or what?But I digress…)

Recently, Resch asked if I had evercollected shells. My response was “no.”He suggested it’s a lot more economicalthan collecting guns, and you can get intothis field as for as much – or as little – asone’s wallet would withstand.

One thing I did know. Gun collecting,at least in the truest form, has always beenout of the question for me unless I hit thelottery, and given my present age and thechances of winning the lottery in theamount that would allow one to legitimate-ly call him or herself a collector of fineguns, is pretty much out of the question.Besides, I don’t buy lottery tickets anyway.

But Resch’s comment about cost ofammo collecting as opposed to gun col-lecting was well-taken. Let’s see, I’ll takethat Purdy over there, and put that Elsie inthe box also. Might as well include that

Parker Invincible over there. Yeah, that’llhappen in my wildest dreams…

Nonetheless, Resch fueled mycuriosity, so I checked it out online.

As I found out, cartridge collectingdoesn’t even take a back seat to the time-tested and ever-popular stamp collecting.There’s a lengthy list of collector’s groups,associations, and clubs, many of which areheadquartered here in the good ol’ U.S. ofA, but extends even to European markets.The sophistication to which these cartridgecollectors take their avocation could manyan experienced and accomplished philate-list to shame. One source even suggestedthat one can always spot a novice whenattending a cartridge collector’s event, inthat the novice rarely, if ever, carries amicrometer, or at least a high-quality set ofdigital calipers with him. Those advancedin cartridge collecting wouldn’t be withoutone or the other, or both.

Essentially, what I discovered about

cartridge collecting is that it is convenientinsofar as space. One needn’t have a “tro-phy” room and multiple gun safes for theirwares. Additionally, it is reasonably inex-pensive. Note the term “reasonably.” Inthis instance, it is a weasel word becausesome of these so-called “collectibles” canfetch between $300 and $600 apiece.Most, however, can be obtained for whatwe’d call “pocket change” ($5 to $15).

According to my research, whichincluded both online investigation and acheck into my modest firearms library,folks new to the game should first try toacquire a good, solid background knowl-edge of antique or classic cartridges. Next,the tyro should preferably have a plan thatincludes the type or dates (approximate) ofthe cartridges in which s/he may be inter-ested.

The third criterion, as far as thebeginner is concerned, is to choose the cat-egory in which s/he may be interested inand aim all, or at least most, of their pur-chases at that goal. Two examples wouldbe the Civil War era, or perhaps zero in ononly antique shotshells. And yes, they didhave pinfire shotgun shells.

Of course, the novice will also befaced with the task of acquiring knowledgeabout the condition (or grade) of the car-tridge, most of which are evaluated in sim-ilar fashion to guns: mint, excellent, good,etc, in much the same fashion as philate-lists grade stamps. But to a cartridge col-lector, even one that is just getting started,I’d hazard a guess that learning is part ofthe fun.

There is a plethora of collector’swebsites; consequently I’ll go with the twothat I found the most complete and inform-ative. For starters, try plugging this intoyour search engine: Cartridge Collector’sExchange. Next try: InternationalAmmunition Association. Both contain awealth of information, plenty of photos,prices, list of upcoming shows, and evenlist other collector’s associations.

What have you to lose? Especially ifyou’re just $10 or $20 shy of the askingprice for that mint condition ParkerInvincible, purportedly the most luxuriousand expensive sporting gun ever produced(at the time) in the United States. Five or$10 shy? Try five figures shy. Where’s thatcartridge collecting book?

Above Left: Leonard J. Attigliere, Esq. of Washington writes in: “As a youngster myson Matthew would often come bird hunting with me. He learned patience and safe-ty and how to hunt over our dogs. It was great fun. When he got to high school (andnow college), academic, athletic and social events always seemed to be in the wayof our time in the field together. However, over his winter break, we found the time.He shot under the first bird, but got his bearings and we both had a great day. Thenew pup, who I had been emailing him about, performed like a champ. As I told mybuddies, a day with my son, a good dog and some birds is a slice of heaven. I amhoping that we have more of these days as time rolls by.....”

Above Right: Henry Corforte of Lake Hiawatha writes in: “It’s never too cold forPaige Preziosi, here she is a new hunter as of January with her first deer, a ButtonBuck which she took in Zone 8 on February 2nd, one of the coldest days in the lastfew weeks. Paige has been out every Saturday in search of her first deer. Bravingthe cold temperatures in an orange baseball cap because ski caps don’t look cool!”

Left: Bill Schemel of Mount Ephraim writes in: “Oliver.... Thought you would likethis pic. The Clementon Gun Club is a very active Camden County FederationClub.”

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Overlooked Rig Scoreswith Winter Flounder

When targeting codfish,ling, and striped bassit’s always good to havea smaller hook as part ofthe rig with a small baitto accommodate winterflounder, like this beautyhooked on the Voyager

out of Point PleasantBeach, that just took asmall mantle of clambait. Milt Rosko photo.

by Milt Rosko

Sandy proved to be a letdown for allrecreational anglers along the coast, result-ing in many boats and marinas devastatedand shutting down. But determination haspersevered, and slowly but surely thingsare returning to normal, albeit not quiteperfect, but up to speed for a limited returnto venturing to our coast’s fine fishinggrounds.

Water temperatures were moderatethis winter right through to February,which augurs well for the upcoming open-ing day of winter flounder season onMarch 23, with a 12-inch minimum sizeand two-fish bag limit. Coincidentally, it’salso a time when red hake, popularlycalled ling, become active on groundsadjacent to those populated by flounder inthe ocean, while the same holds true forstripers in our expanse of bays and rivers.

For the past couple of spring seasons,many anglers have forgone targeting win-ter flounders because of the highly restric-tive bag limit, as there’s an awful lot ofeffort and expense involved, and youmight just spend ten minutes fishing andlimit out. But there’s an approach I’ve usedfor many years, and which may surpriseyou to learn proves advantageous. That is,using a rig that targets both winter flounderand one of the other two species men-tioned.

Some may question the logic of fish-ing with a single rig that targets the winterflounder and the striper, or the winterflounder and the ling. I’ve frequently useda rig with both a small hook for flounderand a larger hook for ling when ocean fish-ing, and a small hook for flounder andlarger hook for stripers when bay and riverfishing. It all came about many years agoduring my first visit to Montauk, when Isailed aboard a party boat destined forBlock Island.

New to the area, I turned to the mate,who very professionally prepared my rig,which consisted of a No. 6 Chestertownhook snelled to a foot of monofilament

leader material, and inturn slipped onto a smallthree-way swivel.Eighteen inches fromwhere the swivel was tiedto the line, a dropper loopwas tied into the line, anda size 6/0 Claw stylehook was snelled to 18-inches of mono leadermaterial slipped onto thedropper loop. Finally, an8-ounce bank style sinkerwas attached to a snap onthe three-way swivel.

The mate then cut a three-inch longstrip of mantle tissue away from the shellof a surf clam. He slipped half of the pieceonto the shank of the Chestertown hook,permitting the other half to hang freely.Next, he slipped fully half of the large surfclam onto the Claw style hook, slippingthe hook in one side of the clam meat andout the other.

“Go catch ‘em,” was his direction tome as he handed back my rod and his care-fully tied and baited rig.

“Catch ‘em” I did. Before the daywas over I had a 20-gallon galvanized tubhalf-filled with winter flounder upwards ofthree pounds, and cod in the 8- to 12-pound class. Each flounder was hooked onthe small hook and equally small bait, andeven two cod succumbed to the baited

flounder hook. The remaining cod, withtheir larger mouths, were hooked on thelarger hook and its larger bait.

From that beginning, where the smallbait on a small hook targeted the flounder,and the bigger hook and its bigger bait tar-geted and caught bigger species, the tech-nique has brought me many fine rewards.

Expanding it a bit as it applies toNew Jersey during the spring, I essentiallyuse the same rig just described, with varia-tions depending upon where I’m fishing,and what species is likely to be sharing thesame grounds as the winter flounder.

As an example, in Sandy Hook Bay,where stripers are prevalent on the samegrounds as the winter flounder, the highhook on the rig is a 6/0 or 7/0 Lazer stylehook with a baitholder shank that’s snelledto a three-foot-long 30-pound test mono or

fluoro leader. It’s baited with a half orwhole clam, a head section of a bunker, oreven a couple of entire sandworms orbloodworms threaded onto the hook. It’seither drifted if there’s a slow current orlight wind, or used while anchored. In bothcases sufficient sinker weight is employedto hold bottom.

When targeting winter flounder in theocean, after they’ve spawned and are leav-ing inshore grounds to head offshore forsummer, the same rig is used, but a small-er 3/0 Lazer hook and shorter 18-inchleader is used on the top hook, and baitedwith a medium-size, 4- by 1-inch piece ofclam or squid targeting ling.

While the piece of clam mantle bait ispopular as the flounder bait, three-inchpieces of sandworm or bloodworm, or thesoft meat of a black mussel, work fine aswell.

By adapting hook, leader, and baitstargeted to a specific species on the highhook, the rig works nicely, and the surprisewill often be other species that just happenby. This is especially true during the springwhen ling frequent the Cedars off SandyHook, the Klondike, and the many patchesof rocky bottom and mussel beds atManasquan Ridge. It’s not unusual to catcha bonus of cod, blackfish, and even anoccasional white hake.

Usually party boats anchor on patch-es of ocean bottom that are rough, with apopulation of mussels and other forageplentiful on the bottom. Oftentimes I’ll usean underhand cast to get my baited rigaway from the boat, so that for a while itrests on soft bottom, which is where thewinter flounder are apt to be feeding, withthe other species on the rough stuff.

There’s no guarantee to rigging inthis manner, and you may be sending somemissives my way should you hook a bigstriper on that small Chestertown hook andits equally small bait and it gets away.Nevertheless, if you’re using a good quali-ty flounder hook and aren’t certainwhether the big striper is hooked on it orthe larger hook, if you just take your timeand fish a moderate drag, chances are thatyou can get it to the boat.

By using this approach you’ll findthat the pleasantest surprise of all is thatyou no longer are feeling light strikes fromfish you never hook on large baits, as it’soften a hefty winter flounder which inhalesthat thin strip of bait fluttering on the bot-tom.

This spring, try it… you’ll like it.

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thermoplastic elastomer recoil pad. The Mathews gizmo uses a patented technolo-gy that actually interrupts the recoil wavewhile weights suspended in an internalelastomer wheel absorb vibrations… totalfelt reduction is as high as 20%. This sys-tem is available on the 835 Ulti-MagTurkey, 835 Ulti-Mag Waterfowl (twomodels), 535 ATS Turkey, 5353 ATSWaterfowl, 500 Field/Deer Combo, and500 Tactical 6-Shot models.

The Bushnell (www.bushnell.com)breakfast media event highlighted plentyof new items being touted that caught myinterest. First up is the PowerSync system,one that could bid fair to change how out-doorsmen and women enjoy their outdoorssports. Power-hungry as we are these days,we’re always looking to ensure that wenever run out of battery juice to keep all ofour gizmos up and running. The

PowerSync technology is at the heart ofBushnell’s new SolarBook, SolarWrap,and BatteryBar systems. Essentially, putthese out during daylight hours and theycollect and store solar energy (even on

cloudy days). These can then be plugged into the cell phone, camera, tablet, or almostanything with a USB interface, and voilà:recharged..

Back in the “cleaning” category, thevenerable line of Hoppe’s cleaning prod-ucts has a new addition, the No. 9Synthetic Blend. Fret not; it has the samecleaning ability and distinctive scent thatwe expect of this famous brand, but thisupdated formula is also non-flammableand biodegradable. Deep bore penetrationfor effective removal of carbon, lead, andcopper fouling is accompanied by safeexposure to today’s firearm componentmaterials (anodized aluminum, titanium,steel, chrome, nickel, plastic, and rubber).Available in sizes from two ounces up to afull gallon.

New to the Bushnell clan is Primos,and a few of their hunting goodies caughtmy eye, starting with the Bombshell. Thisis a near-idiot-proof (perfect for yourstruly) turkey call; simply press a plunger tomake any of as number of sounds to makethose gobblers come a-running. It can alsobe easily mounted to a shotgun for simpleone-finger operation, enabling the hunterto maintain immobility while coaxing histarget in those last half-dozen yards or so.

Back in the display hall, Fabarm(www.fabarmusa.com) is definitely com-ing on strong these days. Last year theyintroduced the XLR5 Velocity, and they’refollowing it in ‘13 with the Velocity LR.Instead of the adjustable rib, they elevated

the rib beginning at the rear of the receiv-er. Hunters will want to check out the new

ELOS DeLuxe or ELOS B; both of themsport actions fusing the traditional look ofa rounded action with some modernstyling, with ornate engraving of scroll andgame scenes on the DeLuxe and rich casecoloring on the B. And the AXIS RS 12line of clays guns is coming to the US,with four models (Sporting, Trap-Unsingle, Trap-O/U, and Trap-Combo).Each one comes with five EXIS HPCompetition Chokes.

Side by side… by side… Generatinga fair amount of buzz at the show, I finallygot to the Chiappa Firearms (www.chiap-pafirearms.com) booth, actually under thecompany’s full name of Armi Sport diChiappa. Anyway, three barrels? Yesindeed, leading the company’s 2013 intro-ductions is the new Triple Crown shotgun.

With walnut stock and forend, 12 gauge, 3-inch mag shell-capable (three of them!),and 28-inch barrel length, the gun essen-tially is a S/S version with a third barrelperched on top of the others. Each barrel ismachined to accept Rem-Choke stylechoke tubes and each shotgun includesfive choke tubes ranging from ImprovedCylinder to Full Choke. One might thinkthat three barrels is a bit much to heft, butit came up surprisingly easily and actuallyweighs in at a mere 8.5 pounds. A brace-and-half of pheasants, anyone?

Firearms seem to be more and moreof a family affair these days, at least on acorporate level, and Benelli USA is a good

example, with intriguing – and, yes, excit-ing – shotgun models under that name aswell as Stoeger and Franchi. (The crackers,cheese, and beer at their booth onWednesday afternoon were great, too.) TheBenelli M2 Field line has a couple of greatadditions for 2013, including what theysay is the “very first 20-gauge autoloaderspecifically designed and made for left-handed shooters.” It has a black synthetic

stock covered with a material calledGripTight, a synthetic over-coating bondedto the stock which is weather resistant andimproves the user’s grip. Optional combscan be used to raise the height, and com-fort is further enhance with a gel butt paddesigned especially for a left shoulder.Smaller folk can also get in on some M2Field action, using the new Compact ver-sion in either 12 or 20 gauge, which has a13 1/8-inch length of pull. It comes alsowith a set of shims to adjust the buttstock’sdrop and cast, if needed.

Still in the same family, anyone want-ing to have a Montefeltro that will hold upto some additional abuse can try the newmodel that comes with a rugged andweather-resistant synthetic stock. Userscan expect pretty much the same great fea-tures that the walnut-stocked one has. Andthe Vinci line has a new member, the VinciSpeed-Bolt. It uses a new bolt inset withtungsten; coupled with the gun’s In-LineInertia Driven system it cycles roundsquickly and easily, with less recoil andmuzzle climb. Another notable feature isthe QuadraFit buttstock, allowing simplyadjustment of drop, (cont. next page)

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Livelining Spring Striped Bass

This 30-pound striped bass (which was released) inhaled a livelined bunker fished on toplast June. Bill Nagy photo.

by Capt. Bill Nagy

Each spring, as our waters warm tothe 50-degree mark, hungry striped bassswarm up the east coast. For years of myfishing trips, I would set the anchor, baitmy hooks with fresh clam, and pull out 12-to 20-pound schoolies. The action wasnon-stop, but I wanted to catch bigger fish.

Juvenile striped bass actively feed onsand fleas, clams, sandworms, and bait-fish. These food sources are similar in size,are typically found in protected waters,and can be devoured quickly before return-ing to safety. As stripers increase is overallsize, they begin to show a clear preferenceto feeding on adult bunker in open water.

Livelining is baiting a whole live fishto entice a strike from a larger predatoryfish. Livelining is not a new concept byany means, nor is it a tactic used strictlyfor striped bass. Using this technique withadult bunker, however, is the absolute bestway to land trophy-sized stripers.

You can purchase live adult bunkerfrom various area bait and tackle shops.Many quality tackle shops throughout thestate stock live bait. Bahr’s Landing andTwin Lights Marina (Highlands, NJ), TheFisherman’s Den (Belmar, NJ), Alex’s Baitand Tackle (Point Pleasant Beach), andAbsecon Bait and Tackle (Absecon, NJ) allsell live bunker in the range of $3.00 each.

The second option is to catch yourown bait. The top method to secure baitinvolves using a specialized cast net. Thechallenge of learning to throw the net is faroffset by the sheer number of baits collect-ed in a single toss (see “Cast-Netting Baitfor Striped Bass and Fluke,” NJFSN,March 2012). Additionally, virtually any-one can snag bunker, and no special skill isrequired. Locate a school of bunker, cast aweighted treble hook, and snag away. Theonly drawback is that you can only catchone bait at a time, so filling the livewellcan be a lengthy process and may causeyou to miss an early bite.

After buying or catching yourbunker, the last thing you want is for themto die before reaching the fishing grounds.Therefore, a well-functioning livewell isessential to this style of fishing. If yourvessel is not equipped with a built-inlivewell, you can easily buy or build some-thing portable. Bait Saver 20-gallon tubs,rigged with aeration pumps connectedwith alligator clips to the onboard battery,are able to hold 20 baits each, provided the

water is changed each hour… or rigged upto a saltwater wash-down pump. On mycurrent Grady-White, the built-in 40-gal-lon livewell easily keeps 60-plus baitsalive for the day, and allows the focus toshift from bait preservation to catchingfish.

Over the years, I have fished manyrod and reel combinations in an attempt tofind the ideal setup. After countless hoursof experimentation, my top rod pick is theSt. Croix Premier PM66MHF(www.stcroixrods.com). This 6-foot, 6-inch rod, rated 17 to 40 pounds, has fastaction combined with medium-heavypower, and provides great control whenfighting these large fish. I mount an AvetMXL reel (www.avetreels.net), spooledwith 30-pound Trilene Big Game monofil-ament to the St. Croix stick. The Avet reelhas a lever drag which allows for precisedrag settings when livelining bait and dur-

ing the fight. While low-stretch braid hassignificant advantages in certain types offishing, I prefer the added stretch ofmonofilament when livelining.

Standard terminal tackle includesCircle or J-style hooks in the 8/0 to 10/0range, coupled with fluorocarbon leader,and perhaps a weight as you attempt todetermine where the fish are feeding in thewater column. In addition to the highhook-up ratios they provide, circle hooksare also proven to decrease bass mortality,and are the preferred choice of many cap-tains.

Place the hook through the nostrils ofthe live bait and deploy away from thedrifting boat. As a striped bass approachesthe bait, the bunker will swim erratically inan effort to escape. This sensation withpulsate through the rod, and provides asign of what’s to come. The fish willengulf the bait, before swimming off at a

steady pace. Allow the runoff to continuefor approximately eight seconds, followedby either setting the hook (if using a J-style), or reeling tight if a circle hook is inuse. After tiring the fish, a large landingnet should be used to capture it, head first.

During the early April season, I targetthe back bay where warmer water temper-atures and higher bait concentrations aretypically found. As May arrives, I fish fur-ther east each week. Come June, the vastmajority of striped bass action occurs inthe Atlantic. June offers a chance at thebiggest fish of the spring season, and moretrophy bass are caught in our waters duringthat month than any other.

In the Sandy Hook area, proven areasinclude the Triangle, Old Orchard Shoal,Romer Shoal, Shrewsbury Rocks, andElberon. To the south, hot spots include theSeaside Pier, Barnegat Inlet, the Cape MayRips, and areas in-between with similarfeatures. Locating structure, fishing duringa changing tide, and time on the water areall essential to consistent success.

We are extremely fortunate to havethis world-class fishery virtually in ourback yard. Not too many years ago, thecatch of any striped bass was a noteworthyaccomplishment. In recent times, largeschools of bunker travel up and down thecoast, constantly being shadowed by sig-nificant numbers of trophy bass.

While there is nothing wrong withkeeping a fish or two for the table, practic-ing catch-and-release is essential to pre-serving this amazing fishery for futuregenerations and not returning to the afore-mentioned dark days. After carefully land-ing each bass, take a picture to preserve themoment, and adequately revive beforerelease. It is important to note warmer sur-face temperatures contain less dissolvedoxygen, therefore longer revival times arerequired later in the season.

As the weather warms and we allstart to prepare for fishing season, consid-er a switch to livelining if you want tomeasure the day’s catch by pounds ratherthan inches.

(from prev. page) cast, comb height,length of pull, and Wolverine-like injuryhealing (just kidding ‘bout that last one).

Stoeger (www.stoegerindustries.-com) has a new series that turned my head.The Longfowler Series, waterfowlers andlong-range shotgun nuts, comes in eitherS/S or O/U; each has 30-inch barrels, wal-nut stocks and forends (with weather-resistant stained-oil finish), and a classic,traditional look that belies the MSRP ofjust under $450.

And a few from Franchi(www.franchiusa.com). Uplanding O/Uenthusiasts will appreciate the Aspire, apetite beauty coming in either 28 gauge or.410 caliber. Features include color-casehardened round-action receiver, 28-inchbarrels, five chokes, 6mm vent-rib, fiber-optic front sight, oil-finished walnut stock,and more. A delight to handle. For thosepreferring autoloaders, the AffinitySporting 12 gauge is a handsome new itemwith a feel of a smaller gauge thanks to theInertia Driven® action, using a mechanismwhich keeps the recoil in line with theshooter and reducing muzzle jump. It alsocomes in a compact version called – waitfor it – the Affinity Compact, with a 26-inch barrel (Affinity’s is 30 inches) and in20 gauge. The buttstock provides a 12 3/8-inch length of pull and includes spacers

which can be added to increase the LOP anadditional inch. No shortage of neat good-ies from the folks at Browning(www.browning.com), starting with a newaddition to the Maxus line: the Ultimate.For less than two Gs, any connoisseur offine 12-gauge shotguns can obtain some-thing for others to covet: it includes attrac-

tive engraving with upland and waterfowldepictions, lightweight and durable con-struction, a finely finished walnut stockwith pistol grip, and more. Another onethat started to put my salivary glands intooverdrive was the Citori 725 Feather: thisO/U came in at less than seven pounds (the

model with 26-inch barrel is a mere sixpounds and seven ounces), takes shells upto three inches, comes with ivory front andmiddle sights, and has three Invector-DSchoke tubes.

Across the aisle at corporate cousinWinchester (www.winchesterguns.com),my pump-gun roots bubbled right to thetop as soon as I saw the new Super XPump guns they’re introducing. The Fieldand Black Shadow Deer models have anifty blend of function, design and aesthet-ics. In the Field, users will enjoy the tradi-

tional look and feel coupled with the line’sgreat cycling action, any of the threeincluded chokes (F, M, IC), and a satin-fin-ished stock and forend with handsomecheckering. Deer hunters using the BlackShadow Deer model will benefit from thenon-reflective matte black finish, avoidingthe likelihood of spooking any wary game,as well as the Picatinny rail for addingaccessories of choice, and the rifled barrel.Both have a three-inch chamber, crossboltsafety, drop-out trigger group, and 3-shotadapter with speed-plug system.

The Winchester name is also, natural-ly, associated with a venerable ammunition

line (www.winchester.com), and shotgun-ners can avail themselves of some newones here as well. At the top of the heap isthe AA Traacker, a great new training toolto help the budding enthusiast (or the expe-rienced shooter who’s running out ofexcuses) see if he’s above, below, before,or after the target in question. A non-pyrotechnic plastic wad tracks with thepellet group for clear visibility of theload’s path. Black is best for clear skiesand bright shooting conditions, while theorange version provides good visibilityagainst overcast or darker conditions.

Those who have enjoyed the BlindSide line of hex-shaped shot, for denserpellet loads and more effective droppingpower, will want to try the new HighVelocity version. With the ample shellroom afforded by the close-packing pel-lets, the High Velocity load has a modifiedpowder charge, boosting the speed from itsoriginal 1,400 fps up to 1,675. Speed kills,by golly.

Concentrating on shotgun huntingand such, I had steeled myself to bypassthe FNH (www.fnhusa.com) booth insearch of more on-topic products… As Iapproached booth number 13462, howev-er, I was entranced by a vision, and there itwas: the very distinctive-looking FN SC 1,an O/U sporting shotgun shining from

within FNH’s display. Intended primarilyfor the competitive shooter, it will never-theless have a happy home in any hunter’sarsenal. The first thing one notices is theblue and gray wood stock (also comes inblack and gray), which can be adjusted forcomb height and cast. The 30-inch vent-

ribbed barrels are back-bored and ported,and completely chrome-lined. It’s avail-able in 12 gauge and has a brass middlebead and fiber-optic front one. Strikingindeed.

Moseying over to the Beretta(www.berettausa.com) display, there’s thenew 692. Upgraded from the 682, thisattractive O/U model comes in four vari-

eties: Sporting (30-inch barrels), Sporting(32-inch barrels), Sporting B-Fast (30-inchbarrels), and Sporting Left-Handed (32-inch barrels). It has a wider receiver tobump up the area’s weight, enhancing sta-bility before and after each shot. The B-FAST designation refers to “Beretta FastAdjustment System Technology,” utilizingmodular adjustment devices in the build.There’s a new safety/barrel selector,adjustable trigger, new opening lever,replaceable locking shoulder, andadjustable stock comb.

Here are a couple of Federal(www.federalpremium.com) loads worthfull attention, starting with the Vital-ShokTruBall slugs. Reporting test groups of 1.4

see SHOT, p. 10

Franchi Affinity Compact

Browning Citori 725 Feather

Winchester Super X FieldPump

FNH FN SC 1

Beretta 692

Federal Vital-Shok Truball load


Shallow Water

Anchoring Systems

It may look unusual to those not yet accustomed to seeing it, but the new crop of shallowwater anchoring systems provide a whole new approach to probing those skinny waterareas. Photo courtesy power-pole.com.

by Pete Robbins

Less than a decade ago, bass boats allover the country started to sprout oddlyshaped appendages from their transoms.The trend started in Florida and thenspread to every other corner of the country.Anglers who stopped at gas stations to fuelup would be accosted by strangers. “Arethose rocket launchers you’ve got on yourboat?”

“No, they’re called Power Poles;they’re a shallow water anchoring sys-tem,” they’d reply, pressing a button todeploy them toward the ground. Someobservers left, convinced that they neededto get one or two of these new add-ons.Others decided that a traditional anchorwould serve them just as well. It seemsthat the former group was larger than thelatter, though, because the popularity ofthe Power Poles has increased exponen-tially, even spawning an imitator, the MinnKota Talon.

They’re not cheap – between $1,000and $2,000 each, with most anglers elect-ing to get two… but they’re for more thanjust sight-fishing. Originally, that’s whatthey were advertised for. Find a fish on a

bed, and rather than stirring up silt andmuck with the trolling motor while tryingto keep the boat in place, you could putyour pole/s down and carefully work thefish without distractions. Most anglerswho put them on their boats find thatthey’re good for much more, however.

You can use them to park your boat a

foot or so away from the dock before andafter you launch, preventing the boat fromslamming into the structure as boat wakesor waves push it inward. If you catch afish, you can put them down and continueto ply the area with casts. If you need toretie a lure or cull a fish, you can putquickly deploy them to prevent yourselffrom getting blown down the bank. In a30-mph wind or a heavy current, you canput them down and pick apart a piece ofcover, such as a thick laydown or a grassmat, without moving an inch. Unlike a tra-ditional anchor, the mechanisms can bedropped or raised at the touch of a buttonand don’t come back into the boat withpounds of muck and grass.

Depending on the model you choose,these shallow-water anchoring systemscan have a range of six, eight, or ten feet.The Power Pole runs off a hydraulic pump;the Talon is completely electric. Both are

quiet and dependable. Both can be operat-ed with a switch on either the console orthe front deck of your boat, or with aremote control worn on a lanyard. (Becareful not to keep the remote in yourpocket as you drive down the highway – afew anglers have ground their anchoringspikes to a nub as they headed to the lake.)

There’s even a deep-water applica-tion: Power Pole has come out with “driftpaddles” that can slow you down as yourboat is blown down a grass flat or across ashoal on the Great Lakes.

Today, most anglers opt for two ofthese anchoring systems if possible. Onewill do fine, but if there’s a very heavywind or current the boat will spin a bit onthe axis. With two, you’re locked in place.Some people say they make a boat looklike an oversized grasshopper, andBassmaster pro Gerald Swindle calls themhis “crawdad stabbers.”

Even if you’d like to have one or twoof these mechanical anchors, not everyonecan or will spend the money to get them.All hope is not lost, however. Several com-panies, like “Dig-In,” make a much lower-cost version that does a yeoman’s job ofkeeping the boat in place. Essentially theyconsist of a metal tube at the bow and/oraft of the boat through which you poke apointed spike to hold the boat in place. It’sa low-tech solution to the same problem,but far less expensive, to be sure.

After tricking out your boat, motorand prop to ensure maximum speed andperformance while running down the lake,it seems a little odd to spend more moneyto find a way to stop your boat in its tracks,but these solutions will help you catchmore fish in less time. “Power-Pole” hasbecome a generic term for an entire cate-gory, like “Kleenex” or “Band-Aid,” andwith good reason – anglers have found outthat staying in place pays big dividends. Ilaughed at a close friend when he investedin a Power Pole in 2007, but now I havetwo on my boat and can’t imagine livingwithout them. It’s the one accessory I usemore than any other.

For more information about thePower Pole, go to www.power-pole.com.For more information about the Talon, goto www.minnkotamotors.com. For moreinformation about the Dig-In, go towww.dig-in-anchors.com.

MARCH 17th 9AM - 3PM

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is now open!

The Club owns a 44-footHead Boat type boat

For information, visit www.ptpleasantfishingclub.orgor call 732-503-1317

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On The Roadby Rick Methot

What Will Happen

to the Harrisburg Show?

The ten-day nationally known out-door show that draws some 1,400 vendorsand a quarter-million attendees set to runearly last month?

Didn’t happen. But you undoubtedlyknow that by now.

The fanfare and shocking news of thesudden closure has faded, but the falloutcontinues and the fate of future shows maywell depend on promoters’ positions onwhat they will allow to be exhibited.

The 2013 Eastern Sports & OutdoorShow at the Pennsylvania Farm ShowComplex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PAwas labeled as being “postponed” at first.With no future date set and the logistics ofstaging such an event, figure “postponed”as meaning “dead,” at least for 2013.

After 47 years in the newspapergame, including covering cops and politi-cos, nothing much surprises me… but thisdevelopment did. The Pennsy extravagan-za is not 20 guys setting up card tables topeddle their wares at the local firehouserental hall; this event is the major leagues.

Known to most as simply “theHarrisburg Show,” it’s an event that oftenfilled two busloads of sports for the triprun by the Mercer County Chapter of theNJ Federation of Sportsmens Clubs.

The show has been put on hold due tovendors bailing out in droves. It started asa trickle of angry vendors deciding to bolt,until the number approached 200, includ-ing such influential outfits as Cabela’s, thePennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen,major manufacturers, and the NationalWild Turkey Federation.

What triggered the massive exodus

was the show promoter’s refusal to allowmodern sporting rifles to be displayed atthe event.

“Modern sporting rifles” in this casemeans equipment that looks military innature such as the AR-15, or any image ofwhat is perceived as an “assault weapon.”

In other words, guns that look nastyand can fire a boatload of bullets veryquickly and have been linked to some, notall, of the tragic mass shootings in thiscountry.

“AR” is simply a designation of afirearm developed by the ArmaLiteCompany (AR simply stands for ArmaLiterifle) and became the M-16 used inVietnam. The AR-15 is made by Colt forcivilian use, mostly by target shooters.

Since this is a legal (depending onwhere you are and it can get confusing)sporting arm, many of the vendors took itas an assault on Second Amendment rightsto ban them from the show.

It should be noted that “traditional”appearing rifles and shotguns would beshown at the event.

At first, the outfit running the show(Reed Exhibitions) stonewalled it, saying

the boycott didn’t matter and the eventwould go on. Reed finally caved, in a land-slide of negative publicity and what couldbecome a contentious event with dis-pleased vendors and folks that did attend.

A statement by Reed Exhibitions saidin part, “Our original decision not toinclude certain products (at the show) wasmade to preserve the historical focus onthe hunting and fishing traditions enjoyedby American families. In the current cli-mate we felt the presence of MSR’s woulddistract from the theme… disrupting thebroader experience of our guests.”

Reed Exhibitions is a global outfitwith headquarters in the UK, but its USoffice location is in Connecticut, the statewhere the recent tragic school shootingstook place.

According to Harrisburg tourism, thestate capital area is taking a huge hit withthe show pullout, to the tune of an estimat-ed $44 million in lost revenue.

The event locked up 12,000 roomreservations in 22 local hotels, and theysay the dollar figure is “conservative,”since it doesn’t factor in money from park-ing, food and beverage, service and rentalfees, nor the lost room tax revenue.

OK, sorry about that Harrisburg, butthe larger issue is the gun policy of pro-moters. How much clout do vendors have,and will potential attendees shun a showover the issue?

It’s not necessarily a good thing thata sportsmen’s show was done in by sports-men rather than anti-gun fanatics, who

must be spasmodic with glee over thedevelopment.

A source familiar with the KeystoneState Capital’s business world, and wishedto be unnamed, said, “This (show) will nothappen in 2013. The logistics to get every-one open for a new date and even findingan open date for the venue will make thisimpossible for a ‘postponed’ title. Whenwe saw this, we knew it was a ‘canceled’spin.”

He added that “this could be thedeath of this event company from what I’mreading online and in social media.”

As to the fate of the mega show, RickDunlap, Director of PR Communicationsfor the Hershey-Harrisburg RegionalVisitors Bureau, emailed me to say, “Wehave yet to hear from the promoter onplans to hold this show in 2013, or theirlong-term plans to return in 2014.Whatever their decision may be, the visi-tors bureau and our partners are committedto making sure this 62-year-old traditiontakes place at the Farm Show & ExpoComplex in 2014.”

He added that a new show produceris a possibility “if Reed doesn’t return.”

“It would be disappointing if Reeddrops it because they have always been avery good client,” Dunlap said, “but thetradition of this event and the overwhelm-ing support from the estimated 250,000attendees and 1,400 vendors annually willclearly make finding a solution to thisyear’s gap a priority for our bureau and thevenue in 2014.”

BLACK POWDER NOTESby Joe Bilby

Blast from the past: Hunters from the Highlands but photographed somewhere in theNew Jersey Pine Barrens on November 23, 1909, are, left to right, Dick Burdge, ReubenParker, and Tunis H. Lane. Photo courtesy Russell Card, Historical Society of Highlands

I love side-by-side, double-barreledshotguns… so much so that I have five ofthem: a 12-gauge LC Smith, a 16-gaugeBeretta, a 20-gauge Merkel, a duo ofTurkish-made guns with interchangeablechokes that shoot buckshot like a rifle, anda Rossi 12-gauge Coach Gun for socialpurposes. So when my friend Russell Cardof the Historical Society of Highlands(Monmouth County) came up with the pic-ture featured in this month’s column, I hadto have a copy and permission for use.Russell complied, so here you have it. Thehunters, from Highlands but photographedsomewhere in the New Jersey PineBarrens on November 23, 1909, are, left toright, Dick Burdge, Reuben Parker, andTunis H. Lane.

New Book on Old Ammunition

As I have noted on a number of occa-sions, target practice for Civil War soldierswas conspicuous by its absence. The com-manders who instituted it were notable bytheir departure from the norm. It appearsthat this was not necessarily the case in anearlier civil conflict, as David F. Hardingexplains in his new book Lead Shot of theEnglish Civil War: A Radical Study(Foresight Books, 2012).

Harding, a former Gurkha officer andbook editor in London, is author of thedefinitive four-volume series, Smallarmsof the British East India Company, 1600-1856 (Foresight Books, 1999). This is aninvaluable asset to students of British armsof the era, many of which were also usedin North America through the era of ourown Civil War. Harding is not only ameticulous scholar, but has also been a

shooter, with both modern and muzzle-loading arms, for five decades, a fact thatgives him a unique perspective on the sub-ject that others lack.

In Lead Shot of the English CivilWar, he conducted an extensive analysis of1,800 projectiles of various types discov-ered by archeologists in Northhampton-shire at Easton Maudit Park, whereEnglish Civil War cavalrymen apparentlyconducted mounted and dismounted targetshooting on an impromptu range in the1640s.

No doubt surprising for many readers(including myself, to some degree) is thewide variety of projectiles, mostly firedfrom smoothbore carbines and handguns,found at the Easton Maudit site. Theyincluded round balls that Harding deter-mined were part of multi-ball loads withballs of the same diameter and others ofvaried sizes, used in a version of American“buck and ball” rounds of a later era.

There were also a number of elongat-ed bullets of various styles, including“ d u m b b e l lshot,” featur-ing two roundballs with ac o n n e c t i n gstem; “bobbinshot,” a pro-jectile with awaist similarto an oldwooden cot-ton bobbin,;and straightc y l i n d r i c a lslugs. Onetheory on the

use of the elongated projectiles was thattheir increased mass (compared to a roundball) made it more likely they would pene-trate breastplate armor at close range.

Lead Shot of the English Civil War isa fascinating book and a real contributionto the historical literature of muzzle-load-ing military smallarms. For more on thebook, as well as purchasing information,see http://foresightbooks.com.

Brownells Unveils New, Faster,More User-Friendly Website

Brownells is indeed, as the companyclaims, the world’s largest supplier offirearms accessories and gunsmithingtools. The company website,Brownells.com, has a fresh new look andimprovements intended to make a cus-tomer’s buying experience better, faster,and more intuitive.

The reorganized site centralizesshopping and browsing with user-friendly,oversized drop-down menus that enablecustomers to find the specific productthey’re looking for in just seconds. In addi-tion, a streamlined “Shopping Cart” fea-ture facilitates quicker and smoother trans-actions.

The new “Learn” tab organizes and

instinctively guides consumers throughBrownells’ extensive information archive,including product videos and project arti-cles contained in the “GunTech” section.Browsers seeking the popular firearmsschematics area will appreciate the new,easy-to-find “Schematics” tab.

“The new site helps us reinforce ourcommitment to providing customers withthe best value in the firearms industry,”according to Pete Brownell,President/CEO of Brownells. “With morethan 75,000 items and thousands of videos,articles, and how-tos available to our cus-tomers, we wanted to update the way inwhich products and information are foundand displayed. By making this informationeasier to locate, our customers are betterable to make informed purchase deci-sions.”

Customers are encouraged to visit thetutorial area to familiarize themselves withthe new features offered by the website. Inaddition to the current improvements,Brownells promises that further refine-ments in the organization of product cate-gories and the site search engine are forth-coming. To place an order, or for moreinformation, call 800-741-0015 or visitwww.brownells.com.

Double Guns, Old Ammo Book,

Brownell’s New Website


Tight Lines andStraightaway Shots

by Robert Brunisholz

Piling On: Unfortunately, Not a

Game That Can End Well

Talk about piling on.In the aftermath of the horrific shoot-

ings at an elementary school inConnecticut, the gun-grabbing socialists inour state legislature, as well as at the fed-eral level, couldn’t wait to begin takingadvantage of the cowardly deeds commit-ted by some mentally deranged, sub-human piece of dung. These so-called law-makers, cheered on by the media elite, did-n’t even have the decency to wait though aproper mourning period or, in the infamouswords of President Obama’s former chiefof staff Rahm Emmanuel, “never allow acrisis to go to waste.”

In the meantime, the lamestreampress seems to be loving every minute ofpiling on by statists. That same press hasbecome nothing short of an extended presscorps for the White House and leftist caus-es. The print and electronic media havegone so far into the tank for this cause thatone may as well change the designation forthe Associated Press (AP) to theAdministration’s Press.

By Wednesday, January 30, accord-ing to officials of the Association of NewJersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, the officialstate affiliate of the National RifleAssociation, a total of 43 anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment bills have been intro-duced by New Jersey legislators, and thatdoesn’t take into account federal measuressponsored by people like Sen. DianeFeinstein (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA)and a host of others.

Three of the principal measuresinclude A-3676, sponsored byAssemblyperson Angelica Jimenez (D-Union), which would negate your currentNew Jersey Firearms ID card if you fail “tosubmit to a psychological examination byan appropriate health care professionallicensed in this State.” In addition,Jimenez’s bill also calls for “in-homeinspection” at the residence in which thegun will be kept.

A bit draconian, you say? Read it foryourself: The bill continues in its presentform with the exception of page three, hasthe literary equivalent of piling on whichenumerates who shall not be issued a pis-tol purchase permit or firearms ID card:“To any person who has not submitted theresults of a psychological examinationadministered by an appropriate health careprofessional licensed in this state. TheSuperintendent of State Police shall prom-ulgate guidelines concerning the content ofthe psychological examination, the qualifi-cations necessary to administer the psy-chological examination, maintaining con-fidentiality of the subject of the examina-

tion, compliance with federal law, and anyother guidelines deemed necessary for thesuccessful implementation of this para-graph; or To any person who has not hadan on-site inspection and evaluation of thehousehold where the firearm will be situ-ate [sic], the purpose of which is to ensurethe person is qualified to purchase thefirearm as required by subsection c of thissection.”

Her proposal is retroactive, andincludes those of us who already have IDcards. Current ID card holders would berequired to make an appointment with theshrink of choice as well as a “home inspec-tion.” Failure to do so will result in havingto turn-in your ID cards within five days orface a fourth degree felony charge. Iffound guilty, you could end up making theacquaintance of some pretty tough hom-bres who are presently guests at Trentonstate prison. And you could be there for upto 18 months.

When was the last time you readOrwell’s novel 1984? Does the nameWinston Smith ring a bell? It should if you,as a lawful firearms owner, fail to call orwrite Jimenez about this preposterousmeasure.

Next on this list of absurdities is A-3667 sponsored by Assemblymen, JosephCryan (D-Union) Jason O’Donnell (D-Hudson) and Assemblywoman AnnetteQuijano (D-Union). This measure merelyreinforces the stringent requirements for apsychological examination for all currentand future holders of a New Jerseyfirearms ID card or handgun purchase per-mit.

Next comes A-3688, and this one isnearly unbelievable. If you’re a bit long oftooth as am I, you’ll remember a 1960’ssong that was a parody mocking the JohnBirch Society in which the Chad Mitchelltrio used the lyrics, “if your mommy is acommie then you gotta’ turn her in.”

A-3688 is also reinforcing A-3667and A-3676, but this measure sponsored byAssemblyman Charles Mainor (D-Hudson) and Jimenez takes it beyond thepale. In Mainor’s bill, not only are the pre-vious bills reinforced in language that isalmost identical, but Mainor wants you toturn in anyone living with you (wherethose big bad guns are stored) who yoususpect (or know) has a mental disabilityor illness. Really. That’s what he wantsyou to do.

Look, I understand where Mainor iscoming from. He wants to keep guns awayfrom the crazies, and there’s no denyingthat anyone who kills another person forno apparent reason other than self-defense,

or at least no sane reason, has to be a fewsandwiches short of a picnic. But to pro-pose a measure that would require us toturn in family members who, for one rea-son or another may have, or had, used theservices of a psychologist or psychiatristdoesn’t justify “turning them in.”

Since these proposals are so absurdlydraconian, it is tempting for most of uswho are guided by common sense anddecency to dismiss the efforts of the left.Not so fast.

Evan Nappen is an attorney fromEatontown who specializes in representingclients in cases involving firearms (nothowever, to the exclusion of other legalneeds). He is also the author of a booktitled The Gun Law and knows a thing ortwo about New Jersey and federal gunlaws and legislation.

Reached at his office, I asked Nappenwhether he considers this latest onslaughtof proposed laws, brought about primarilybut not exclusively by the Sandy HookSchool shootings, a serious threat to lawfulgun owners.

“Under normal conditions (pre-Sandy Hook) these laws are so egregiousthe normal, prudent person would dismissthem out of hand, “ Nappen said. “Theirreasoning would be based on the premisethat a court would never uphold them. Butgiven the current climate and the surge ofbills introduced in New Jersey as well asnationwide; I’d say the lawful gun ownersin the Garden State should be very con-cerned.”

So, what should sportsmen do? Iasked Nappen.

“For starters, if they honestly valuethe Second Amendment and their right tolawfully own firearms, they should join theAssociation of New Jersey Rifle and PistolClubs because that group is the officialNew Jersey affiliate to and for the NationalRifle Association. I do not say this becauseI’m helping ANJRPC build their member-ship. I say that because of the work theydo, and joining them as well as the NRA,is imperative if we are to continue to enjoyour rights under the second amendment,”Nappen said. “They (ANJRPC) have ahard-working and highly skilled lobbyistwho knows his way around the halls of theState House. Joining both

(ANJRPC/NRA) at this point is no longeran option. Sportsmen and women must doso if we are going to come anywhere closeto winning these battles.”

Nappen is correct. There has neverbeen a frontal assault on gun owners likethe one being currently waged. In addition,the three bills of the 43 now awaitingapproval all make the assumption that allgun owners are, in one form or another,mentally ill, or at least “guilty” and placesgun owners in a position of proving theyare not.

Because we are gun owners, no onebut organizations like the NRA or ANJR-PC will come to our defense, but supposea lawmaker wrote a law mandating that allurban residents prove they are not mem-bers of a drug gang? Or, suppose a groupof police officers in that same urban settingbegin knocking on doors telling residents,“There’s a lot of drug activity around here,so we’re doing home inspections to findout if you have illicit drugs on the premis-es.”

Do you think the media, or for thatmatter, the general public, would be a bitoutraged? I’m sure they would, and rightlyso. But in the instance of the laws enumer-ated above, gun owners are being asked toprove they are not mentally ill, or that afamily member is not mentally ill, prior toany problems arising or laws being broken.And the mainstream press loves it. If theseproposals affected any group aside fromgun owners, the press would run out of inkbecause it printed the term “unconstitu-tional” so many times.

Nappen is also correct about whatwe, as lawful, responsible gun ownersneed to do. Not everyone who owns a gunwill be offered an opportunity to testifybefore some governmental committee. Asfar as support from outside the firearmscommunity, like it or not, we are alone inthis challenge, and expecting a fair press tocome to your defense is akin believing twoguys in sunglasses and dark suits knockingon our collective doors when they say, “hi,we’re from the government and we’re hereto help you.”

If you’ll pardon the street colloquial-ism, it ain’t gonna’ happen. Just rememberthat old bromide; if you’re not part of thesolution, you’re part of the problem.

from SHOT, p. 7

inches at 50 yards, these include a plasticball in-between the wad and the back ofthe slug, helping to keep the flight straightas it moves through the barrel. Specificallynew in the line for 2013 are two loads: a20-gauge, 3-inch, ¾-ounce productclocked at 1,750 fps; and a 12-gauge, 3-inch, 1-ounce one at that same speed.

The Top Gun Target line, alreadycapable of taking up a fair share of shelfspace, has a new member starting, well,right about now (April 2013, to be exact).A new 7/8-ounce load has Alliant powderExtra-Lite propellant for what they call“soft yet consistent” ignition. It comeswith shot size 8, in 12 gauge, and is ratedat 1,200 fps.

And a teaser… the folks at ATKallowed that there would be somethingspecial in a new turkey load, starting in2014, but stayed mum beyond that.

Ooh, shiny… It was the metallic redaction that drew me in, but there was quite

a lot more to see at the Armsan (www.arm-san.com) booth than simply a touch of red.Turkey is no stranger to noteworthy shot-gun production, and this company’s newPhenoma line of autoloaders is aptlynamed. The line consists of eight eye-catching models, all sporting great fea-tures: magazine cut-off system, extra-heavy-duty stainless steel piston in theforend, three chokes, unusual “sharpdrawn” trigger guard, recoil-absorbingbuttstock pad, fiber-optic front sight, vent-ed rib, synthetic stock with “avant-gardelines” (truly, this is so), and Phenokote-coated magazine for reduced friction andcorrosion resistance. All of them come in12 gauge only.

The one that brought me in like ahungry coyote to a bleeding jackrabbit wasthe Lava, with its red anodized receiver,complemented by the same-hued maga-zine cap. Offsetting this model is theQuartz, much the same but with a metallic

green receiver and mag cap. The Deserogoes in a different direction with its colorscheme, with black anodized receiver (andbarrel, and buttstock pad) set off against asand-colored stock, trigger guard, andforend. The Milita has a similar approach,

with a dull green instead of sand. TheArgentum has a much more traditionalcolor array (metallic receiver, wood-fin-ished stock look) but loses nothing in itsattractiveness. The camo is (surprise) in acamo finish from muzzle to buttstock. TheAura, very much more a traditional shot-gun (wood stock, black finishes in receiv-er, magazine cap and buttstock) comes inassorted variants, designated W, DW,Laminated, and Laminated Cantilever.

Plenty of rumors were flying aboutthe show regarding the Freedom Group,but the offerings in the Remington(www.remington.com) were able to standon their own merit. Justifiably proud, theywere displaying the 50th AnniversaryLimited Edition of their Model 1100.Featuring a machine-cut engraved receiverwith a commemorative 1963 serial numberprefix, and B-Grade walnut stock withwhite diamond grip cap, B-Grade walnutstock with white diamond grip cap andwhite line spacer, it has a 28-inch vent ribbarrel with Rem Choke tube and will beshipped in a green Remington hard case.

The other big news in the shotgunarea was the Versa Max Sportsman, avail-

able in 12 gauge and chambered for shellsup to 3½ inches. Calling it the “newAmerican workhorse,” its features doindeed promise to live up to that kind ofreliability: VersaPort operating systemwith multi-port gas system, self-cleaningpistons and rotating bolt-head; syntheticstock with textured grip panels; blackoxide barrel with anodized receiver, ivoryfront bead and steel middle bead,SuperCell recoil pad, stepped taperedundercut vent rib, and more. And, what theheck: if you and your buddies still hatezombies (and who doesn’t?), the existingVersa Max line now also comes in ZombieGargoyle Green.

Lots and lots and LOTS more, but wehope these have been enough to whet yourappetite some for the coming year of niftyproducts.

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The Sporting Viewby Marty Boa

This original Model 1862Springfield rifle-musket with itspercussion ignition system lockand rifled barrel was consideredone of the best muzzle-loadingarms of the Civil War era and abig improvement over the flintlockmuskets that preceeded it. SomeSecond Amendment foes suggestthat the Second Amendment per-tains only to muskets, however inreality it does not exclude anyadvancement in firearm technolo-gy. Marty Boa photo.

Musket Madness

Just when we thought we had heardeverything, the anti-gun extremists cameout with a new inane war cry, “Get aMusket.” As far as this columnist is con-cerned, this latest phrase is the most far outand overly obnoxious blather that has beenput out by detractors of U.S. Constitution’sSecond Amendment. These liberal extrem-ists have jumped on the anti-gun bandwag-on in the wake of the Newtown-SandyHook massacre, to push their anti-gunagenda.

It is obviously an opportunistic effortto reduce the Second Amendment to rub-ble, and disarm law-abiding American cit-izens. At the time of this writing, left-wingzealots have been vilifying legal gun own-ers, especially those who belong to theNational Rifle Association (NRA), withsome attempting to put the blame for gunviolence on legal shooting sportsmen andother Second Amendment supporters, withthe hope of forcing them to take an unde-served guilt trip, while the leftists strive totrash the Constitution and replace it withChicago-style politics.

In an attempt to put their own spin onthe Second Amendment, biased lawmak-ers, faux journalists, bloggers, letter writ-ers, demonstrators, placard holders, andthe like from the anti-gun camp are push-ing a bogus interpretation of the SecondAmendment in an effort to bolster a social-ist program that would deny Americans theright to keep and bear arms.

We hear and read a lot about whatvarious individuals believe the FoundingFathers had in mind when they drafted theConstitution of the United States, especial-ly the Second Amendment contained in theBill of Rights. In short it has become “TheFounding Fathers meant this…” and “TheFounding Fathers meant that…” ad nause-am. The anti’s are trying to promote theinsane idea that the Second Amendmentapplies to muskets, since those arms,specifically flintlocks, were the arm of theday as the time Second Amendment waswritten, and that if Americans want to ownguns they should stick to muskets.

State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer)recently stated, “The second amendmentdoes not entitle you to have an automatic

weapon or a semi automatic weapon.When the Constitution was written, allthey had was a musket. I don’t have aproblem with everybody owning a mus-ket.”

She went on to state that while shesupports legal gun ownership, hunters andsportsmen do not need automatic weapons.“I’d hate to see the rabbit or the deer youshoot with a semi automatic weapon,”Turner said. “It just doesn’t make sense.”Obviously Senator Turner is unaware ofthe numerous types of semi-automaticfirearms that are legally and successfullyused to harvest game in a variety of hunt-ing scenarios. She also misses the fact thatgrooved-barrel rifles were in use at thetime the Constitution was written, afford-ing an improvement in accuracy whenused in certain military and hunting appli-cations.

The Second Amendment clearlystates: “A well regulated Militia, beingnecessary to the security of a free State, theright of the people to keep and bear Arms,shall not be infringed.” All should takenotice that in and of itself as written, theSecond Amendment does not mention anyspecific type of weaponry. It neitherencourages nor discourages the use of anymodel of firearm, and it does not state thatsimply because flintlock muskets were themost common weapon of choice at thetime of its writing (the Colonists and EarlyAmericans had little choice), thatAmerican citizens would be forever limit-ed to the use of such firearms.

Firearm technology has advanced byleaps and bounds ever since the inventionof gunpowder. The matchlock and wheel-lock preceded the flintlock, and the percus-sion ignition system followed the flintlockas a substantial improvement. Soon multi-ple-shot handguns arrived on the scenealong with guns that fired fixed cartridges.Then came repeaters, semi-automatics,and full automatics. All of these improve-ments increased shooting efficiency,dependability, accuracy, safety, or all theabove.

Over the years, the SecondAmendment has included rather thanexcluded its protection to new innovations

developed by the firearms industry, whenit comes to small arms that an individualmight want or need to possess.

Many shooting sportsmen enjoy tar-get shooting and hunting with “primitive”weapons such as flintlocks and caplocks,but it should be noted that the use of thesearms requires the knowledge and employ-ment of specialized skills and safety proce-dures not required in the use of modernweapons. Loading a muzzle-loader is adetailed task and hunting with one is achallenge. Suggesting that the use of onefor self-defense is simply okay, and prefer-able to employing an efficient modernfirearm, is ludicrous.

Gun banners have long attempted totwist the wording and thereby alter theintent of the Second Amendment by pro-moting the idea that since it refers to aMilitia; it therefore applies to members ofthe armed forces only.

A recent Supreme Court decisionregarding the Second Amendmentaffirmed the fact at it does apply to the

right of the individual citizen to keep andbear arms. Additionally, dictionary defini-tions of the term militia use a variety ofrelated wordings to explain that whilemilitia can mean a military force it alsorefers to an “unorganized or reserve mili-tia, that portion of the militia not belongingto the National Guard or the OrganizedReserves, or the Naval or MarineReserves.” Also, “a body of citizen sol-diers as distinguished from professionalsoldiers.”

And further: “An army composed ofordinary citizens rather than professionalsoldiers,” “A military force that is not partof a regular army and is subject to call forservice in an emergency,” “The wholebody of physically fit civilians eligible bylaw for military service.”

And still, in consideration of all this,the most important phrase in the SecondAmendment remains “… the right of thepeople to keep and bear Arms, shall not beinfringed.”

Enough said, at least for now.

What’s YOUR Problem?Your Questions Answered by

Vin T. Sparano

The NJ Federated Sportsmen News is pleased to introduce a new department,“What’s Your Problem?” Readers are encouraged to submit any questions they mayhave on the outdoors, and our expert will provide an answer. Vin T. Sparano is one ofthe very best-known names in outdoors writing, with a career that has spanned over ahalf-century in outdoors journalism. Among his numerous credits are his long tenurewith Outdoor Life, completing that stint for the final five years as Editor-in-Chief;author of the Complete Outdoor Encyclopedia (now in its fourth edition); author and/oreditor of 17 other books; member of the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; syndicatedoutdoors writer for USA Today and Gannett Newspapers; and many more.

Have a question on hunting, fishing, trapping, shooting, boating, survival, equip-ment, techniques, or anything else outdoors-related? Send it in to the Editor of thispaper by email ([email protected]) or regular mail (Oliver Shapiro, 28Hemlock Road, Livingston, NJ 07039). Be sure to include your full name and city/townof residence.

Q: We’ve been using a variety of hand-me-down axes at our deer camp but now all wehave is one with a split handle. Any sug-gestion on what would be the best andsafest design for our camp? –Charles Pop,Sparta, NJ

A: There are several ax designs, but thetwo most common are the Michigan SingleBit and the Hudson Bay Single Bit orTomahawk style. Experienced loggers pre-fer styles that offer maximum steel-to-wood contact, which means the MichiganSingle Bit is your best choice. A permanentcamp ax should have a 36-inch handle anda 3½- to 4-pound head. If you prefer awood handle, pick one with a straight grainrunning the entire length of the handle.Always avoid painted ax handles, as a coatof paint could be covering serious flaws.

Q: Where can I find that formula for esti-mating fish weight? Does it really work? -Matt Russell, Toms River, NJ.

A: The formula you’re looking for isLength (inches), times Girth (inches)squared, divided by 800, equals Weight(pounds). This should get you within 10percent of a fish’s actual weight. Justremember that this formula doesn’t takeinto account the difference between fat fish(e.g. tuna) and skinny fish (e.g. pickerel).Use your judgment or, better yet, buy agood scale.

Q: How can I keep saltwater from corrod-ing the roller guides on my trolling rods?I hose them off after every trip, but theguides still show signs of fouling. –TomChapman, Ocean City, MD.

A: Hosing your rods and reels with fresh-water after a trip will help, but it’s still nocure. If you’re fishing in saltwater, youshould wash your tackle with a bucket ofsoapy water, using one of those car washmitts. Any detergent will work fine. Neveruse a jet stream of water from a hose,which will force any residual salt into reelsand roller guides. A fine spray is better torinse off the soap. Next, spray liberallywith WD-40, which will help protect reels,rods and even your line. I know one cap-tain who scrubs those roller guides withgasoline after every trip and then coatsthem with light oil. Admittedly a lot ofwork, but he has solved the problems.

Q: If you had a choice of only one lure touse in both fresh and saltwater, what wouldit be? –Gary Dean, Camden, NJ.

A: If you had limited me to only freshwa-ter, I would have picked a silver spoon. Forboth fresh and saltwater, however, I wouldchoose a white bucktail jig tipped with acurly tailed plastic worm. It can be fishedeffectively from top to bottom .

Q: Should I make conscious effort to buy a

rifle with a cheekpiece… and what’s aMonte Carlo? –Larry Patterson, Mahwah,NJ.

A: If you use open sights, forget about acheekpiece. You don’t need it. The purposeof a cheekpiece, particularly a MonteCarlo design which has a raised comb, is tolift and support the shooter’s cheek andeye to bring it in line with a scope sight. Awell-designed Monte Carlo cheekpieceand comb slopes slightly upward fromfront to rear. By comparison, the classicrifle stock design is clean with straightlines… which I prefer.

Q: What live bait would you use for earlyseason trout when streams are high andmaybe muddy? -Steven Glynn, Wayne, NJ.

A: If you’re using spinning tackle, I wouldstart with a spinner, such as a Mepps orColorado, tipped with a worm or night-crawler. Cast upstream and retrieve slowlyto keep the blades spinning as the baitcrawls and bumps along the bottom. I’vealso used this technique with a fly rodwithout the spinner, and adding justenough split shot to get it to go deep. Useroll casts and don’t do this under the eyesof a critical purist!

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