I had the pleasure of meeting up with Al (Roadkillal) and his lovely wife at Surf City Pier this morning on their week long NC Pier tour. Johnny (FishinTopsail) also was there and we fished side by side tryin to catch the largest fish on a gotcha plug. Sea Striker gave Al shirts and hats to give away at each pier for the biggest fish caught on their lure.
I caught several blue fish and then finally landed a 14" Spanish that ended up taking first place. Al also caught a nice 14" Spanish. Johnny finished in second place with a 10 inch blue fish (Al's fish doesn't count in the contest as he's the judge).
There were lots of folks on the pier and I saw quite a few nice fish come over the rail, mainly spots, blues and some nice pompano. We also saw a nice 16 pound king caught while we were there. He wrapped around five other lines but they still managed to get him to the gaff and over the rail! Another one hooked up at the same time but pulled the hooks.
As on most given day, you usually see something cool or different when fishing on a busy pier. Today I saw a large skate caught on a snoopy style combo. Yup - got a picture to prove it! (the gaff is in him to lift over the rail but he was caught and brought to the pier on the snoopy pole)
