New Jersey Beach Buggy Association

(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association November 2010 Newsletter)

Please allow me to introduce you to the New Jersey Beach Buggy Association. NJBBA was founded in 1953 and incorporated in 1954 by a small group of surf fishermen, lead by Mr. Jeff Paul. These men saw the need to protect beach access for future generations and were well aware of the very real possibility of threats to that access. Throughout the fifty-seven years that have followed, many others just like those founding fathers have guided the association to where it is today. Not only one of the largest and most recognized beach buggy associations in the United States, but an organization that not only protects beach access, it also has a lot of community involvement.

Through the years the NJBBA has set in place many educational and recreational events in the interest of providing members and non members alike continued access and recreation. Some of these include the annual youth surf fishing tournament to assist our future beach users to find alternative activities. Two yearly take-a-veteran fishing days to give our disabled veterans a day out of their normal surroundings to enjoy the freedoms that they fought for. In celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, as proclaimed by President Richard Nixon, we give some very special children the opportunity to get out on the beach and enjoy the day.

The scholarship program, named after our first president, The Jeff Paul Memorial Scholarship is given yearly to a worthy student. Not the least of our programs is the Courtesy Patrol which patrols the beaches in their own personal vehicles in an effort to assist others with any problems or questions they may have. As well as maintaining these programs, the main goal and vision of the association still remains the same, to obtain and maintain beach access for today and into the future. We do this through our members with constant vigil and membership in other associations such as the United Mobile Sportfishermen, Jersey Coast Anglers Association, Recreational Fishing Alliance, and many others.

I would like to welcome you to visit our website at www.NJBBA.org and consider becoming a member. Any association is only as strong as its members so join and make it a better, stronger association so that we can continue the goal that those founders had in mind in 1953.

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