Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve (NJ)

D & R Greenway 

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Just got back from a half-hour stint at the Passaic, not a hit. I was hoping that with the weather shift, pike might be interested. Has been in the 90's day after day, although mornings have been cool, and late this afternoon I had 79 on the car thermometer, mostly cloudy skies overhead, and word of rain on the way. 

I threw a 3/8th ounce white Chatterbait. Casts great. 

Spoke to two guys in a canoe, and they hadn't got a hit. either. 

My post about the AT&T stretch beat around the bush. The only way I could express mixed feelings, although I could have spent hours and days perfecting it. What you read is what you get. I probably didn't even have half an hour to work on that post, but I had a strong idea of what it was about. That said, the way I think about the situation now is simple. Why put cone markers up, inconvenience anyone who wants to fish there, when all that has to be done is for the police to do their job? Enforce the law. Cops know suspicious characters. Stake them out a little. Wait until they're leaving--and if they leave trash, issue a ticket. Whatever needs to be done to enforce the regulations posted at the pullover, which I photographed for that previous blog post. If they're swimming--issue a ticket. Etc.

Doesn't a lot of drama with dozens of cone markers making a roadside eyesore seem ridiculous?

It is. 

What? It's too much work for cops to actively watch what goes on there awhile? (Until very soon it's no problem.) 

If so, they should work at the supermarket.