1st Pier Trip 2017... Sheepshead!

[swill88]

Looks great!  Not crowded. How long is the pier?

You guys did great!

Steve

[Fishy247]

Nice sheepies!! I love fishing those things. My biggest is about 5#...I'd fish 12# or 15# and break them off trying to swing them up on the dock...I guess a net might have helped, eh? LOL

Mike

[ChileRelleno]

Looks great!  Not crowded. How long is the pier?

You guys did great!

Steve

It is an awesome fishing pier, practically brand new by most standards.
It is 1540' long and 20' wide, has a 65' Octagon at the end, and has 2448' of fishable railing.
There are several artificial reefs around the octagon just out of casting range for most people, they help attract/hold all sorts of fish.
At the entrance is a full service tackle/bait shop, food/beverage vendors, restrooms and the pier office, approx half way along are the restrooms and fish cleaning stations.  It is the second longest pier on the Gulf Coast and only public fishing pier in Alabama.

[ChileRelleno]

Nice sheepies!! I love fishing those things. My biggest is about 5#...I'd fish 12# or 15# and break them off trying to swing them up on the dock...I guess a net might have helped, eh? LOL

Mike

Thanks, yep a favorite here too.
My PB Sheepshead was right at 23" and 9#, caught her in April '15.

She doesn't look that big but she bowed up as the pic was taken, and she was THICK!

[Bill B]

Chile you should go to jail for catching all those fish  while Im on the Sacramento river that resembles chocolate milk    Great job on the fish and congrats to the little man......Bill

[Fishy247]

Nice! That thing's a beast!

[swill88]

Looks great!  Not crowded. How long is the pier?

You guys did great!

Steve

It is an awesome fishing pier, practically brand new by most standards.
It is 1540' long and 20' wide, has a 65' Octagon at the end, and has 2448' of fishable railing.
There are several artificial reefs around the octagon just out of casting range for most people, they help attract/hold all sorts of fish.
At the entrance is a full service tackle/bait shop, food/beverage vendors, restrooms and the pier office, approx half way along are the restrooms and fish cleaning stations.  It is the second longest pier on the Gulf Coast and only public fishing pier in Alabama.

That is a PIER.

Wonder where the longest pier on the Gulf coast is?

Trying to get my fishing buddy to take a road trip to Venice & beyond.

Steve

[Newell Nut]

Really nice fat ones. Good catching and great eating. I have not put a hook in the water for a mango this year. Need to work on my schedule a little.