NJFishing.com Celebrates 20 Years!!!

[frugalfisherman]

Bring back the tv show!!!

[MrAC1980]

Congrats Gerry! Job well done! Thank you for letting us be part of it!

[Ice Cream Bill]

Gerry,

Congratulations on 20 years from the REAL Bill Fish, aka Ice Cream Bill on here!

Keep up the great job!

Bill Fish
SWABC

[jakesdad]

Gerry,
Congrats on 20 years. To think how much free time I had before NJ Fishing.

From lurking for a few years to being a member for almost 10 years. I do have to say the number of friends I have made over the years thru NJ Fishing of some really great people, and some not so great, is appreciated.

Continued success in the future.

Henry

[hartattack]

From the helm of Pop-Pop's Toy, Bbbioonic B__ (didn't 'no' the spelling of that word was censored here), ROFLMFAOPMP, Roasters, Rockfish Smartie, Cawfee, Lady Di, Hefty trash bags, NJF Fantasy Football (ouch), fence shots, SeaTrekker, 'Always', Chelsea Roommates . . . .

Dang - I remember when door prizes outnumbered the guests at JJBitings.
Heck - I remember when our Captains were deckhands (& vice versa).

But I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the first thing that came to mind when Gerry started this thread was how much I/we miss Mike Wells/Life's a Beach.

So I'll share a brief story about the first time I met LAB in person - it was on my first NJFishing fishing trip (Stripers aboard the Mi-Jo).
- Before departure Mike gave the mate a humongous piece of beef - "here put this somewhere where it won't get fishy" (I didn't know Mike was butcher, a GENEROUS butcher)
- When Rammfish Robbie hooked into what was thought to be a sizable striper LAB commented "Now we'll get to see how strong that Cajun Red Mono is. Looks like you got a 24 footer" Sure enuff Rammie was tangled with the boat next to us
- LAB proceeded to photograph Rammie fighting the 24'er with his Spinner held upside-down. LAB had a NJF field day with that one.
- This trip pre-dated all our RFA trips, but definitely set the standard: nice boat, good Captain, good food and laughs . . . but NO FISH

Now here's a shameless plug for 2 links on NJF:
- 9th Annual RFA Flukathon Sat June 17th Official Sign Up - Let's fill 'er up: http://njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95828
- Fond memories of LAB: http://njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60098

The friendships I've made with members and sponsors on NJF are priceless - thanks Gerry, it's genuinely appreciated !

[Wilson]

[ALS Mako]

wow how time flies...but i can't be that old...
lots of fond memories and meeting great peeps from this site.
a big thank you to Gerry Z. for coming up with a great site...now if he could only catch a striper

[Pennsy Guy]

Congrats on 20 years & here's to another 20--at least!
Met some great fishers from the site and fished with them learning much & from the site itself.
Keep up the great work which we all know you will.....

[Capt. Debbie]

Gerry,

You made it a legitimate resource in NJ Fishing Community. GREAT JOB in persevering along with bearing all the collateral BS that goes on from time to time.

[Jigman13]

I stumbled upon this site back in 2010. Registered immediately and never looked back. Almost exactly 7 yrs ago since signing up and I'm more than happy to say I've made a bunch of life long friends and "fishing buddies" through NJF. I honestly talk to a few of my NJF-based friends more than my long time lifelong friends because of one critical element: the commonality of being hungry, driven fisherman.

My fishing experience and skill level has grown by leaps and bounds. I've exponentially broadened my freshwater fishing horizons from just bass fishing to damn near every other freshwater resource we have in our great little state. I even learned how to ice fish which is something that never crossed my mind when I signed up here.

Great groups of fisherman, great get togethers, great holiday parties and most of all just a damn good, informative fishing website. Cheers to Gerry for building something great!

And great post FE!