"Big Al" Wutkowski earned a reputation as one of the Jersey Shore's best striped-bass charter captains during his 30-plus years on the water.
Now, Wutkowski wants to land something much bigger — the involvement of Barnegat Bay's immense boating and fishing population in efforts to restore the bay's ecology.
"I'll be looking out for wildlife, pollution, and hopefully I'm going to try to educate people. I won't be out there like a cop," said Wutkowski, who volunteered through the Environmental Commission in his town of Point Pleasant.
That in turn led him to interviews with the Sandy Hook-based American Littoral Society, which decided to take up his offer. "I told them there wouldn't be any expense to them — my boat, my fuel, my time."
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