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| Everytime I'm at the pier, there are rods leaning along the rail....That really doesn't bother me till I decide to fish there, then someone(pier regular) comes and tells me thats there spot....of coarse that doesn't work (how can it be your spot when I'm standing there?) What really pisses me off the most.....in the heat of battle with a nice fish(cobe,king)these rods don't move by there owners, sometimes the one in battle has to try and step over them when fighting the fish,or are moved by other good people,helping in the task of landing a fish. I will lean my rod along the rail, but I will be standing by it, I have watched for a few minutes before I go and fish a spot with a rod leaning... just incase someone went to there cooler for something to drink or bait(what ever) It seems the whole end is this way.I keep my rods in the holder of the pier cart when not in use....When a fish is seen those spots fill up quick and your rod doesn't save a thing!!! Don't ask me to move!!! stay in your spot if you want it....or just move down alittle if you would not like to deal with any of this fighting a fish, then don't do it yourself, and if rods along the rail save a spot..... I will bring all of mine and have to whole end to myself.....atleast the east side around the corner( I would look like the guy on the tv commercial fishing for everything) I'm not trying to start a big thread here, or pissing match.....just have some common courtesy with your fellow angler(googan too!!!!ME) ...I will be the one with the zebco 33, or snoopy rod...
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Very nice cabin.
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I for one, could not agree more. Very well said! 
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Ruby Red Lip
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| i agree one or even two i can see, but i dont think that you can "save a spot", that is stupid.
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Sailfish
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It is just an understood rule. If someone leaves there ling rod that is where they are standing.
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Uh oh, here comes another arguement
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Sailfish
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Why all the rods? Because you have to be prepared on the pier..I keep my ling rod and pompano rod close and the rest in my cart or on the rail on west side...
Dylan
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| i normally have my main rod (in the spring, cobia rod, and in the summer, king rod) with me for my target species, and then 1 other rod, for whatever other species may pop up(pomp rod, king rod, tarpon rod) ... i always have 2 rods with me, within grabbing distance.... if i walk away and expect to be gone for more than a minute or two, i'll set them on the back rail... and normally if someone walks off for more than 5 minutes, i just move their stuff to the back rail, it's not courteous(and pretty stupid if it's ling season and you leave your rod!) there is a buttload of clutter out there though, i don't mind steppeng over rods, but i hate stepping over coolers and walking around pier carts!
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Sailfish
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| you must not have read my post....I too have alot of rods rigged for various fish(in my cart close by... west side) I was talking about the ones saving spots on the east side of the pier!!!! I guess the unwritten rule made by the pier regulars....that was just posted above .....well my unwritten rule is.... if your not standing there it ain't your spot, don't ask me to move....especially tomarrow!!!! ......I won't be in a very good mood driving all night....
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White Marlin
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you really won't be in a good mood when you arrive to north winds and muddy water..... better just leave in the morning.
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VS200B (5/11/2008)
you really won't be in a good mood when you arrive to north winds and muddy water..... better just leave in the morning.Well if your right....I'll just hang around the pool and get some sleep.....I'm not trying to start any crap!!!!I am very respectful of others at the pier and have never had a problem when I'm there.....catching fish is just a plus to my vacation, I love the pier atmosphere(good or bad) it is very relaxing to me....just looking out in the ocean.Taking fish home, just is a plus....some years I've had a cooler full others only a baggy full. I really like the people!!!! locals or not......fellow fisher people(to stay genderly correct)
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White Marlin
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you've got good eye-sight if you can look off the pier and see the OCEAN 
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Sailfish
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Sorry about misreading Ironman...Ill save ya a spot next to me and we can catch fish together..Maybe even have a beer
Dylan
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man that pier sounds like a nut house. $4 a gallon for fuel is bad but damn, at least it isnt war out there when you want to have fun.
Fish On!!!
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| Just a word of advice, keep an eye on your rods on the back rail, in your cart, etc. Some little thievin' b@st@rd ripped off a nice 7' spanish rod from me while I was down there a few weeks ago. From what I was told, there were 4 rods stolen that week. 99.9% of the people that frequent the pier are great people but there's at least 1 out there that can't be trusted. I had a great time, saw alot of old friends and met alot of new ones, and caught my share of fish too. Just keep your eyes open. I can hardly wait til next time.
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To sum it up in three words....LACK OF CONSIDERATION. Be glad you don't have the fishing rules that they have in Colorado......2 rods maximum, and that extra rod cost an additional $5.00 a year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm a Sagittarius...If you don't want to hear the truth then don't ask my opinion!
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| Pier fishing used to be fun and enjoyable, I usually bring 3 rods out 1 rigged for cig minnow for king or ? (or live bait) one purely for catching bait and one as a backup (those 2 sitting on the island rack). This pier is not owned by the few but paid by those who pay to come on (all experience levels). What urks me is when your fishing lets say for king with a live minnow and have some kid just out of diapers run into you throwing his line over your face and bumping into you and then his friends doing the same....oops cobia. darn. I try to get my 1 line out as fast as I can but that does not excuse inmaturity and rudeness. Yes there is a fish coming, yes I may have been in that spot, yes I can move but who do they think they are that they can run into others like they don't belong there or worse yet curse at them or cut their line. I had one guy old enough to know better use his cigarette to burn the line and say oops my line should not have been "out" there, like I was stupid. Bottom line, you have people from all over the US coming down here to Pensacola to enjoy the sun and try out the pier and walk away with a feel for "hey they have some nice people down there", not ....$()&*#$(^_@# I'll never go down there again,...those punks were lucky I didn't $)($*#$+.. I love fishing and most of the fishing folks are great and would give you the shirt off their backs, but some of the kids that should still be in school or just out of school should take their step stools back and a few dozen rods back and think about others and when a cobia comes around ...fine go for it but watch others.....it's their pier also....you do not own the right to knock them out of the way period.jak CATCH FISH, ENJOY LIFE, TREAT OTHERS RIGHT, IF YOU CAN'T STAY HOME.
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Tuna Man (5/13/2008)
To sum it up in three words.... LACK OF CONSIDERATION.. yep, i bet you do alot of pier fishing up in Calera ALABAMA
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VS200B (5/13/2008)
Tuna Man (5/13/2008)
To sum it up in three words.... LACK OF CONSIDERATION.. yep, i bet you do alot of pier fishing up in Calera ALABAMA No but I've done quite a bit there in PNS before I got on this forum, during my 28 years in Miami, and 4 years in Brunswick, GA. And during those times I didn't have any problems either. So I know I have more time pier fishing then you do.
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| I have been going down to the Pier now for about 6 years, I get one week off from work to do some fishing. an I am a cop here in Atlanta And I deal with A**Holes all year long I go down to Pcola to get away from the rat race for one week. I get there on the pier and it combat fishing... Its always the same lil tirds that should be in schooL. I wish them fella's would get a Girl friend and stop acting like a Crack Heads... I give Up on the pier as much as I loved hanging with good friends that I made down there , I went and bought me a boat and at 4$ a gallon Its better than dealing with the lil bitches at the pier. Semper Fi
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VS200B (5/13/2008)
yep, i bet you do alot of pier fishing up in Calera ALABAMA
This is the "locals only" mentality that has some people fed up with the pier. Just because someone happens to come to the pier as a tourist doesn't mean that they don't know how to fish off of a pier. Many of us were fishing from piers, jetties and bridges long before you were born.
Granted some of the young locals are good fishermen and have a considerable amount of time on the pier for their ages. There are many of them that are just standing around telling each other how good they are, while 'their place' on the rail is being guarded by there rods. This amount of time shouldn't be logged as fishing experience and is inconsiderate to someone who might actually fish from that spot.
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Sailfish
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these little pricks think they own the damn pier...whoever operates it should be fired
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i'll bite my tongue... but leave with this... ONCE AGAIN!, 1/2 THE PEOPLE ON THIS THREAD DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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Sailfish
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ah BS....
I have been on the pier lately and 3 years ago fished it heavily....
the trailer trash out there with all the F'bombs and this is my spot crap is retarded....
There are decent people out there and hell, you may be one of them.
BUT the obnoxious ones are more noticeable and basically taint all of you
and this ain't the FS censored forum...you got something to say....say it
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| I admit that I'm guilty of leaving rods on the railing. I came down for the bobo run and between me and my friends we probably had 6 rods. I know better now though. Anyway not all the pier regulars are douches. Every place has their share of a$$holes, I've seen them in boats, piers, lakes, and rivers......hell I'm sure at some point somebody thought of me as an a$$hole! Lets let it drop fellas.
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nope, not all for sure....but the lack of respect for others and the language when families with kids are out there is ridiculous (by the "others" of course)
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This is why I purchased a boat...The pier sucks plain and simple. One person 5-10 rods, give me a f@#king break. My advice if nobody is standing near their rod for more then 5-10 min. it is a free spot. And VS get over it Ocean or Gulf, it's a big body of water for all to enjoy. So to all you fishing guys coming from other parts of the country, enjoy the pier, it does not belong to the "Regulars"
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| I have fished the pier in penacola for over 7 years. I look forward to taking our vacation down there. But over the last two years the group that hangs out at the end of the pier seem to think that they own it. These few people created problems that I did not want to deal with while on vacation. When I am on vacation, I want to relax and enjoy, not worry about the people that do not care about others. I purchased a boat to go out fishing in, but I do miss the pier. It would seem that the owners of the pier would try and tackle this situation and deal with the ones that wreck it for the majority. Just my 2 cents worth.
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Man i'm glad I own 3 boats. I lived in Mobile and used to fish the Dauphin Island pier when I was younger and I hated it. If your on your own boat you don't have to worry about all the BS. Just catch fish as long as you can afford gas.
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