magikbbg Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Demo was closed due to plovers today, the park police said could be closed one day up to few weeks they have no idea they told me. Edited June 21, 2022 by magikbbg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznfish Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 The entire beach or just half way to the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyBean Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 I assume you can still walk down? If so, good news for me and my sedan. pequa11, C.Robin and CWitek 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikbbg Posted June 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, carznfish said: The entire beach or just half way to the point? Can't enter off-road at all. 24 mins ago, JimmyBean said: I assume you can still walk down? If so, good news for me and my sedan. not sure too lazy to even think about that hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarbageFish Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 good few weeks of solitude! nothing kills the rock bite like some idiots pulling up to slam beers. pequa11, JimmyBean and C.Robin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_like_poppers Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Time to set the traps and catch plover wings for football season! I have the vocabulary of a well-educated sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegs71 Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Smiths closed as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikbbg Posted June 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Planning to go check it out again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Robin Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 It’s a nice walk anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikbbg Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 It was still closed. Yeah it's a nice walk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarbageFish Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 its a nice walk in the winter, when theres nothing but you foxes and snowy owls.. shame they leveled that salt pond and "patch of woods" C.Robin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznfish Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Leveled the pond and woods for more plover habitat to more efficiently close the beach and draw in more plovers RL Bucktails 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWitek Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 21 hours ago, GarbageFish said: its a nice walk in the winter, when theres nothing but you foxes and snowy owls.. shame they leveled that salt pond and "patch of woods" I used to walk Demo a lot, beginning at Field 2, walking down the entire front side, walking out to the point, and then along the backside back to the lot. I'd do it right after sunrise, when the metal detectors and joggers and such were still in bed, and was often the only one there. As you said, the beach would be full of life. Snowy owls, hundreds of sandpipers, harriers hunting voles, gannets, sea ducks, etc. I've stood at the end of Democrat and had loons diving in the deep water almost at my feet; I've come around a corner of a high spot on the point to unexpectedly face a couple dozen hauled-out seals. But I've stopped doing that over the last couple of years. The surfer permits assure that the beach will be as rutted and hard to walk as a plowed field all the way to the point, and not that people can drive rather than walk during the winter, there are far more people and far less life, even in the early hours of the morning. The place has definitely gone downhill, and I've lost one of my favorite places to wander. "I have always believed that outdoor writers who come out against fish and wildlife conservation are in the wrong business. To me, it makes as much sense golf writers coming out against grass.." -- Ted Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarbageFish Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 23 mins ago, CWitek said: The surfer permits there is that period between december 15th and march 30th, there is no access by permit. February, when it is still too cold to poke around LNB or stacks, that is when i throw a carhartt on and walk to the tip. Pretend i'm still in syracuse walking out of the woods due to a dead snowmobile. bdowning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWitek Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, GarbageFish said: there is that period between december 15th and march 30th, there is no access by permit. February, when it is still too cold to poke around LNB or stacks, that is when i throw a carhartt on and walk to the tip. Pretend i'm still in syracuse walking out of the woods due to a dead snowmobile. That's the fishing permit. 4x4 surfing permit allows surfers year-round vehicle access to Democrat. And every time I've tried to take a walk out there during the winters, the surfers are there, the Jeeps are swinging from the dunes to the tide lines, tearing up the beach, and walking is nowhere near as pleasant as it used to be. The spot where the Bonaparte's gulls used to feed just outside the surf is now overrun with people trying to ride 2-foot waves. The big sandpiper flocks are gone. The seals have retreated to the ruins of the Construction Dock. Just not the same. Surf permit information is here: https://parks.ny.gov/documents/regions/2022LongIslandPermitsGuide.pdf "I have always believed that outdoor writers who come out against fish and wildlife conservation are in the wrong business. To me, it makes as much sense golf writers coming out against grass.." -- Ted Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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