Cliffwood Beach Fishing News as of 8 May 2010

• The 17th Annual Aberdeen Township Family Fishing Contest was to be held this afternoon at Cliffwood Beach. (see township calendar) The event is free, sponsored by the town's environmental board. (Note that Bass Fishing News lists this as a Fishing Tournament and erroneously provides the date of the event as 22 May 2010.)
• The Township Council's Workshop Meeting on 16 March 2010 agreed to a 60-day trial period for special parking rules that would allow fishermen to park on Lakeshore Drive at Cliffwood Beach after 9 pm and before 6 am, per the posted agenda. The trial parking rules passed in the regular session of the Council as Resolution 2010-59. It is unclear what the Township Council plans to do when the trial period expires on or about 15 May 2010.
• Sean Wagner of Edison caught a 13 lb bluefish off Cliffwood Beach on Wednesday, per Bass Fishing News.