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Moriches Inlet

By Mike Busch 11-21-18 I tried to get an official update today but am still waiting to hear back from Weeks Marine and Lee Zeldin's office about the…

By Mike Busch 11-20-18 On Saturday morning, I went to Moriches Inlet at Sunrise to check out the progress of the Moriches Inlet Dredging project and…

By Mike Busch 11-14-18 The Moriches Inlet Dredging Project was expected to be wrapped up by November 1st, but from what I could tell last weekend, t…

By Mike Busch The Smith Point Outer Beach, open to 4x4 vehicles (with permit), is a beautiful stretch of Eastern Fire Island that covers about 5 mil…

Mike Busch 10-26-18 Knowing the weekend would be a blowout, my friends Paul Peluso, Cary Stevens, and I jumped aboard Paul's boat the Mama Mia be…

By Mike Busch 10-23-18 It was difficult to tell with overcast skies and dark water but the Moriches Inlet Dredging Project appears to me making some…

By Mike Busch After over a month of preparation, including laying 5 miles of submerged pipe between Moriches Inlet and Smith Point Beach, the actual…

By Mike Busch A fleet of tug boats has been working just off shore in front of the Smith Point Outer Beach, laying the pipe to span the 5 miles betw…

By Mike Busch 8-29-18 Equipment for the Moriches Inlet Dredging project has started arriving, with 5 tugboats now surveying between Smith Point and …

By Mike Busch Had another great day out with Captain Paul Peluso and Jimmy Romano on the Mama Mia on Wednesday looking for Big Striped Bass. When P…