Survey Monkey

(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association June 2010 Newsletter)

For the past seven years the JCAA has conducted a survey of angling success vs. effort during our annual fluke tournament. The data gathered has provided valuable insight into the success of anglers in ports from Jersey City to Fortesque. This year we will again conduct the survey but will offer anglers the opportunity to complete the survey on line. The survey can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/s/2TG29KP. You can look at it now and even try filling it out to see how easy it is. Obviously, the data you enter between now and the date of the tournament will not be of any use. I will erase all those trying the system out on June 11th. When you are finished fishing on June 12 simply go to the site and enter your actual data. All those who fill out the report on line by Tuesday June 15th will be entered into a drawing for a free entry into next year’s tournament.

If you want to provide data on your earlier catches go to the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Website and fill in your information. They have a survey form at www.njfishandwildlife.com/marinesurvey08.htm, which is very similar to the one I have on survey monkey. It only takes a few minutes and will add to the data that the state will have to fight for your fishing rights. An added benefit is that you now have a log of what you have caught which can be used to improve your fishing in the future.

I will be using the survey monkey for the Sunshine Foundation Tournament which will be held at Great Bay Marina on July 10, 2010.

I would love to work with anyone running a fishing tournament in New Jersey to use survey monkey for their anglers to report the results of your tournament. Give me a call at 609-296-3774 or email me at toms6363@comcast.net. I will help you set up the survey for your tournament and complete a report of the results for you to share with your participants. I will then provide the information to the biologists for the State of New Jersey and also to the National Marine Fisheries Service. My goal is to have more data on fishing in New Jersey than the National Marine Fisheries Service does. That shouldn’t be that hard with your help. With that information we will be able to challenge or confirm the data that is collected by MRFS. We must insure that NMFS uses all the data that is available and the more data we have the better chance we will have of showing them what the real numbers are for New Jersey. I encourage all anglers in New Jersey to fill out the state survey listed above for every trip they make. Only when the state biologists have more information than NMFS will they be able to fight for you.

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