Sunday was the Ocean Fire Company’s #1 fishing flea market
at the antrim school in Point Pleasant Beach. The school was taken over by all
things fishing, hooks, poles, lures, shirts and sinkers. Vendors lined the hall
ways and filled the gym and the cafeteria, if it had anything to do with
fishing it was there.
As in past years
the fire company did an outstanding job setting up and running the flea market
and manning the kitchen selling food, sodas and coffee. The weather tried but
failed to put a dent in the turn out. The customers came and filled the hallways
and many found the deals they were looking for!
The dive team was there
selling their 3000 pounds of sinkers that were recovered this year and also the
many anchors and old bottle they had recovered. Deals were made and the many
customers walked away with bags, buckets and jars of sinkers. Fishing lures
that were recovered and cleaned up by Joe S. were the first thing to sell out,
there was a line to get to the rack that held them.
By the end of the
day it was an easy load out for the team, we came with buckets full of sinkers
and went home with empty buckets.
I would like to
thank Ocean Fire Company #1 again for giving the team their tables and for
running the best fishing flea market around and to all the fishermen who came
out to support the fire company and the dive team.
Let Hope for a safe fishing season with many big fish and many tall stories to tell.
