Main Stream Media Reports on Gloucester City\’s Fishing Ban at Freedom Pier

Kevin Riordan: Anglers up in arms over the fishing spot that got away

(September 23, 2012)Folks are not free to fish on Freedom Pier in Gloucester City, and the irony isn\’t lost on Dan Reader.

\”For being a river town, we don\’t have much access to the river,\” says Reader, 53, who customizes cars for a living and used to landscape vacant lots around town for free.

He has publicly \”resigned\” from his volunteer activities to protest the city\’s move to prohibit fishing from a spot some anglers say is among the best this stretch of the Delaware River offers.

Says writer and self-described \”die-hard fisherman\” Ken Doyle: \”It\’s very unfair that we can\’t fish because of a few\” troublemakers.

Intended to reduce vandalism and the theft of metal parts from light fixtures on the pier, the ban is actually \”a power trip,\” says Bill Cleary. The respected Gloucester journalist and the voice of the lively Cleary\’s Notebook website wonders why city officials \”are making such a big fuss\” about fishing at Freedom Pier.

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