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July/Aug
July 3rd.....The fish were ordered.....the weather was beautiful.....268 children registered for the 2nd Annual Fishing Competition and Celebration and 244 of them showed up.....there was food everywhere....and lots of Volunteers....there were 8 $100 Savings Bonds given 8 $75 Savings Bonds given and 8 $50 Savings Bonds given.....and 17 other prizes awarded for the children who either wrote or had drawn a picture ahead of time......All in all a really good day to be at the pier.....later that night a wonderful fireworks show could be seen from the pier....hope you all had a chance come out and play with us and to see the show....if you missed it mark your calendars so you can join in the fun for next year....Give me a few days and I will have all the pictures posted.....
July 6th....Hot and not enough fish to brag about......Late in the evening seeing lots of spectators and ice-Screamers
July 7th....Looking like a repeat of yesterday.....
July 13th ....I'm Catching up believe it or not......there was close to 600 pictures from the kids Tournament.....I have completed the page go check it out..... some of the pictures are great.....now going to try to finish adding all the rest of the pictures of fish from the past week or so....should be done by the end of the day....depends on the interruptions.....Congrats to Brandon for landing a 62 lb Tarpon yesterday....other than that ....the end has been kinda quiet....a few blues and larger spanish on a live bait.....seeing a few spots during the day and the evening.....thanks for a wonderful Tournament....and for being patient.....while I get the pictures Downloaded.....
*Also Note ....The King Tournament has started and will run till Sunday Aug 8th...the fee to enter is $25.....1st place for largest king is $200 prize 2nd place for largest king is $100....slots are filling don't be left out....**
July 18th......Last few days we have had some serious afternoon Thunder storms.....on Wednesday the pier was hit and took 2 other indirect hits.....most everything is back up and running as normal........the kids have done it once again.....Tyler landed a 24 lb king and Anthony landed a 5.97 lb Spanish.....still seeing a few spanish and blues and spots and mullet....just not alot of any one thing to brag about these days......
July 25th......Nothing new to report....its just hotter than usual....and the wind has been rough....blowing about 25 past few days....no fish to really speak of......finally have the wind gage back up and running....Registration started on Friday for the Mike Martin Tournament.....basically everything is about the same.....$5 a category $50 for all ten.....largest fish in nine of the categories wins $100 second place is $50....largest Speckled Trout is worth $1000 this year....starting to collect door prizes....if you have a door prize that you would like to donate for the tournament let me know ......the name of your business and your donation will be displayed the day of the tournament.....the raffle tickets are also on sale now .....the prizes are the I-kam glasses.....2011 Season Pass.....and a $90 rod and reel combo.....tickets are $2
Aug 3rd.....ok....finally a few fish...caught a 36 lb king Sunday....a 24 lb king on Monday.....a few spade fish and pompano.....seeing a few of these and a few of those.....Tournament is in 2weeks....collecting lots of really cool door prizes
Aug 11th....I keep thinking that I just updated till I get here and see that the last update was like 8 days ago.....what a slacker.....ok I'm really trying to make it up to you .....I think with help we have collected the most door prizes yet this year...We have picked up some really great door prizes, Gift Certificates from the Thai Grille....Rusty's Bait and tackle...Homeport....Batson's Galley....Max's Pizza..Sherwin Williams....The Bagel Bakery....Carters Barber shop....the Vonda Kay.....Loggerhead Inn...Scissors Hair Salon.....NY Corner Deli....Wild Wing Cafe....Rammie Brown (Massage).....Seahorse Cafe....J&S Custom Creations....Gifts from Four Seasons Charter.....All in Charters....Thomas Tackle...East Coast Sports...Holly Mart...Shark Attack....Guy C. Lee....Tex's Tackle...Vision Quest.....Lanier's Campground...and still more coming in ....Are you registered to fish yet?....if not you need to get in just for the door prizes
Fishing is still on the slow side during the day....things to tend to pick up after dark as do the fisherman.....seeing a few spots, mullet and croaker....still seeing a few blues and spanish....the weekend looks good.....
Aug 16th....Yes there is still fish out there somewhere....
Aug 20th....Finally have something to talk about....caught a 36 lb king today....and a 93 lb Tarpon.....still not a whole lot going on out there.....have seen a few spanish and blues the last couple of days and rainy afternoon and evenings.....not to much to brag about after dark....
Aug 22nd.....Let me tell you a FISH story that was told to me......Jaycob age 11 hooks in to what they were guessing was a 80 lb Tarpon....(which was argued and guessed over the entire fight....some guesses going as high as a hundred pounds)......after fighting the fish for about and hour and a half his reel explodes and becomes useless.....another king fisherman (Adolfo) cuts his own rig loose and cuts Jaycob's line loose and quickly ties in a blood knot and then the fight continues on...... others take turns to give Jaycob a break from fighting the fish.....Finally 2 hrs later and 3 gaffs.....the fish is landed and wheeled over to East Coast Sports for a more accurate weight....(the cotton scales are good....but if you don't know what you are doing weighing a fish over a hundred pounds is tricky)......
WE NOW HAVE A NEW PIER RECORD.....the fish weighted in at 133 lbs with a 70" Length and a 33" Girth....The Tarpon hit a live shad.......So Now Jaycob can go back to school on Wednesday with a fish story to tell.....Congratulations to Jaycob....
Aug 25th....First day of school.....for most.....Pier is quiet....real quiet......spanish are cutting through a few are hooking up.....not much going on....not many fishing.....
Aug 29th.....Weekend has been slowish seeing a little bit of everything just not a whole lot of any one thing......kinda par for the course......lots of spanish cutting through the water just hooking up ......here are a few pics typical from the last couple of days......
We will keep our eyes and ears open and listening to the storms and try to let you know what's going on here....the storms can stir up fish....but that's all we want....see ya'll soon....
Aug 31st.....looking like its going to brush us.....have to wait and see how much of a brush we are going to get....we really don't know much more than you do at this point ....its still a wait and see.....best any of us can do..... is to do our part and pray for the rest.....as for the fishing....not much going on....seeing a few spanish and blues......nights are quiet......pier looks kinda deserted..........I have updated the tournament scrapbook page check it out let me know what you think....
