THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO ALL OUR MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT. WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICES I WOULD NOT HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BUILD IT.

                          I'M LOOKING FOR OLD PICTURES OF THE PIER TO PUT UP A NEW PAGE "THE OLD PIER".

                          IF YOU HAVE ANY AND ARE WILLING TO LET ME SCAN THEM PLEASE CONTACT ME.

                           THANKS, BOB  EMAIL  RBurns50@cfl.rr.com      

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                                                      INCREDIBLE PICTURE FROM SOUTH SIDE OF PIER

                                                      SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 12 FOOT 4 INCH HAMMERHEAD

                                                           PHOTO COURTESY OF "BIG MIKE" FICOCELLO

     DANNY FICOCELLO OF BUNNELL CAUGHT THIS 12 FOOT 4 INCH GREAT HAMMERHEAD FROM THE BEACH NEAR NORTH 11TH STREET, FLAGLER BEACH. THE SHARK, USING ITS LENGTH AND GIRTH, WAS CALCULATED TO WEIGH 543 POUNDS. THE SHARK WAS BAITED WITH BARRACUDA HEAD, HOOKED AT 9:00 PM AND BROUGHT TO THE BEACH AT 12:20 AM. IT TOOK ABOUT A DOZEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO MOVE THE SHARK FROM THE BEACH TO THE PIER FOR THIS PHOTO.

                                   PRECIOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR CAREGIVERS VISITING OUR PIER 

IF YOU WANT YOUR CATCH INCLUDED HERE, REPORT IT TO THE BAIT SHOP BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PIER.

                                              MONTHS OF OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2008

                                                                      OCTOBER 2008

     OCT. 1ST, EVERYTHING HAS SLOWED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS BUT FISH HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. EARLY AM AND LATER PM ARE PRODUCING SOME BLACK AND RED DRUM. DURING THE DAY TIME HOURS A COUPLE OF BLACK DRUM, SOME WHITING, A COUPLE OF POMPANO, SOME SMALL BLUES AND BONNET HEAD SHARKS. A FEW FLOUNDER HAVE BEEN LANDED BUT WERE JUST KEEPER SIZE.

     OCT. 5TH, THE LAST FEW DAYS THE WATER WAS REALLY CLEAN AND THE SURF WAS FAIRLY GOOD. THE BIG RUNS OF BLACK DRUM AND REDS HAVE STOPPED BUT SOME HAVE BEEN LANDED. FLOUNDER HAVE SHOWED UP BUT ARE MOSTLY SMALLER AND IN THE 14 INCH RANGE. HARLEY HOFFMAN LANDED A NICE 5LB 14OZ ONE AND FLOUNDER JOE GOT ABOUT 10 ON SATURDAY. BAIT SHOP BILLY GOT 3 FLOUNDER A DAY AFTER GETTING A 25 INCH RED (MIRACLES DUE HAPPEN). THE END HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE FAY WENT THRU WITH ONLY BIG SHARKS AND A FEW TARPON WHICH WERE MISSED HITTING THE LINES. WATER TEMPERATURE SATURDAY WAS STILL 80 DEGREES.

     OCT. 8TH, FISHING HASN'T BEEN GOOD OR ENJOYABLE THE LAST FEW DAYS. CONSTANT EAST AND NORTH EAST WINDS HAVE CREATED A HIGH SURF AND LOTS OF SEAWEED. A FEW POMPANO, FLOUNDER, SMALL WHITING, JACKS, SOME BIG BLUES, A COUPLE OF SPANISH AND DRUM HAVE BEEN LANDED. ON THE END NOTHING BUT BIG SHARKS HAVE BEEN ON. HOPEFULLY, TOMORROWS SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CALM EVERYTHING DOWN.

     OCT. 10TH, WATER HAS CALMED DOWN A LOT. BEST BEST IF YOU ARE FISHING THIS WEEKEND IS BLACK DRUM, REDS AND WHITING. THE BEST BAIT IS FROZEN OR LIVE SHRIMP. IVOR DEHANEY GOT 5 BLACK DRUM TODAY WHICH SHOWS MIRACLES HAPPEN. I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH FLOUNDER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BUT NOT HERE TODAY MIGHT MEAN HERE TOMORROW.

     OCT. 13TH, THE WEEKEND WAS SLOW EXCEPT FOR SOME BIGGER BLUES. WATER WAS ROUGH BUT CLEARAND SEAWEED WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. ON SUNDAY FLOUNDER JOE MANAGED TO GET 3-4 FLOUNDER AND A 26 1/2 RED, HE WAS USING LIVE MULLET FOR BAIT. IT SEEMS THAT THE BLACK DRUM AND REDS LIKE THE MUDDY WATER THIS YEAR BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE WATER CLEARS THE BITE SLACKS OFF. WATER TEMPS STILL AT 78 DEGREES.

     OCT. 18TH, THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN OFF AND ON FISHING. ROUGH WATER ONE DAY CLEAR WATER THE NEXT THEN WATER LIKE A LAKE BUT MUDDY HAS EVERYONE WONDERING HOW DO I FISH. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A RED FOR A FRIEND AND ON THURSDAY RICHIE  GIDDINGS CAME OUT AND SAID I'LL GET ONE FOR YOU. TWENTY MINUTES LATER HE LANDED A 26 7/8 INCH RED AND TRUE TO HIS WORD HE GAVE IT TO ME (THANKS RICH). TODAY MATT GROSSE FISHED WITH US AND LANDED A 291/2 RED ON ABOUT 10 LB TEST LINE. FISH LANDED LATELY ARE BLUES, BLACK DRUM, REDS, WHITING, SOME POMPANO AND FLOUNDER.

    OCT. 23RD, BLACK DRUM AND SOME REDS HAVE BEEN HITTING BUT MOSTLY IN THE EARLY AM. SATURDAY THE OCEAN WAS LIKE A LAKE BUT SUNDAY THE WAVES WERE CRASHING THRU THE BOARDS AT THE END. AS OF YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) THE OCEAN CALMED DOWN AND LOTS OF BLUES WERE CAUGHT. SOME FLOUNDER HAVE MOVED IN BUT NOT IN GREAT NUMBERS YET. RALPH LANDED A FEW YESTERDAY UP TO ABOUT 3 LBS. BIG SHARKS HAVE BEEN TEARING UP THE POLES AT THE TEE. OLD MAN JAMES HAD ONE ON TUESDAY AND WHEN BROUGHT TO THE SIDE OF THE PIER WAS ABOUT A 7 FOOT BLACK TIP. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST BLACK TIP I HAVE EVER SEEN. WINTERS COMING FAST SO IF YOU LIKE WARM WEATHER FISHING GET TO THE PIER SOON. WATER TEMP IS STILL 78 DEGREES.

     OCT. 29TH, THE LAST FEW DAYS FLORIDA HAS SEEN THE COLDEST WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN 50 YEARS. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FISHING, SOME HAVE GONE HOME WITH GOOD CATCHES. TUESDAY IVOR DEHANEY GOT 3 BIG POMPANO AND SOME HAVE CAUGHT THEIR LIMIT OF NICE SIZE BLUES.  REDS AND BLACK DRUM HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE MIX AND TODAY (WEDNESDAY) LEGAL SEA TROUT WERE ALSO CAUGHT. THE MONSTER BAIT RUN SOUTH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST HAS NOT MATERIALIZED THIS YEAR YET AND THE FLOUNDER RUN IS REALLY SLOW WITH ONLY 2 TO 3 A DAY BEING CAUGHT.  WATER TEMPS HAVE DROPPED TO 72 DEGREES. THIS WEEKEND IS THE ANNUAL TOMMY TANT SURFING TOURNAMENT AND I'M HOPING THEY GET SOME GOOD WAVES FOR THE EVENT. IF YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN LIKE SURFING YOU MAY WANT TO COME DOWN AND WATCH THEM COMPETE JUST SOUTH OF THE PIER.

     OCT. 31ST, LOTS OF NICE SIZE BLUES TODAY CAUGHT ON GOTCHA PLUGS, CUT BAIT OR MULLET. BLACK DRUM WERE AROUND TODAY, BOB CALLAWAY LANDED A 8 LB BLACK DRUM AND RITCHIE GIDDINGS GOT AN 8 1/2 POUNDER. THERE WAS ALSO A COUPLE OF POMPANO, SMALL FLOUNDER AND LOTS OF BIG SHARKS ON THE TEE. DANNY FICOCELLO LANDED A 5 FOOT BLACK TIP SHARK.  TO SEE PICTURES OF THE ABOVE FISH GO TO 2008 FISH AND BIG POLES PAGE.

     NOV. 1ST, BLACK DRUM HAVE INVADED THE PIER TODAY. LOTS OF DRUM WERE CAUGHT TODAY IN THE 18 INCH PLUS SIZE. A FEW OVER THE 24 INCH MAXIMUM WERE LANDED (BLACK DRUM YOU CAN KEEP 5 PER DAY AND SIZE LIMITS ARE 14 INCH TO 24 INCH BUT OUT OF THE 5 YOU CAN KEEP 1 OVER THE 24 INCH MAX). BEST BAIT IS FROZEN SHRIMP. THE BLUE BITE HAS SLOWED TODAY AND THERE WERE SOME NICE WHITING AROUND. REMEMBER TO KEEP THINGS LEGAL AS FAR AS CLEANING FISH,  ONLY FISH WITHOUT SIZE LIMITS CAN BE CUT UP ON THE PIER. ALL OTHERS CAN BE GUTTED, SCALED BUT MUST BE KEPT IN A BASIC WHOLE CONDITION. WINDS WERE STRONG TODAY WHICH WAS GOOD FOR THE TOMMY TANT SURFING CONTEST. WATER TEMP IS 69 DEGREES.

     NOV. 4TH, THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN WIND, WIND AND MORE WIND. THE SURF IS ROUGH AND THE CURRENT IS STRONG TO THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE NORTH (YOU GUESSED IT WIND). BUT WITH ALL OF THIS THE FISHING HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD. NICE BLACK DRUM HAVE BEEN CAUGHT, BLUES, SOME POMPANO AND WHITING ARE ALSO BEING LANDED. IF YOU COME OUT TO FISH BRING SOME WARM CLOTHES BECAUSE IT'S COLD OUT HERE. BEST BAIT IS STILL FROZEN SHRIMP.

     NOV. 9TH, BLACK DRUM ACTION HAS SLOWED DOWN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ONLY 2 - 3 CAUGHT A DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH FLOUNDER THIS YEAR, IT SEEMS THERE WILL NOT BE MANY COMING THRU.  SOME NICE WHITING MOVED IN TODAY, A BUNCH OF BLUEFISH AND LOTS OF SPOTS WERE CAUGHT. THIS MORNING MYKOLA BONDARENKO GOT A 25 LB REDFISH AND MARK KISS THEN LANDED A 38 INCH RED. THE RED JUST MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SAME FISH. BEST BAITS LIVE / DEAD MULLET OR SHRIMP.

     NOV. 11TH,  VETERANS DAY AT THE PIER. PIER REGULAR AND DISABLED VETERAN STAN PLAYING TAPS.

    NOV. 13TH,  THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, THE WATER WAS ROUGH AND THE SEAWEED FLOATED IN BUT FISHING WASN'T BAD. THERE WAS ABOUT 12 NICE BLACK DRUM, WHITING, SOME BLUES, SPOTS AND A COUPLE OF BIG REDS LANDED.  REMEMBER IF YOU NET OVERSIZED REDS PLEASE PUT THEM BACK IN THE NET, DON'T THROW THEM OVER THE SIDE. WATER TEMP IS BACK UP TO 71 DEGREES.

     NOV. 18TH, HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PIER SINCE MY LAST REPORT. I CALLED TODAY AND JOHNNY FROM THE BAIT SHOP SAID THAT LOTS OF BULL WHITING ARE BEING CAUGHT. HE ALSO STATED THAT SOME BIG REDS ARE STILL BEING LANDED. (REMEMBER IF YOU BRING THEM UP IN A NET RETURN THEM BACK WITH THE NET. DON'T THROW THEM OVER ITS LIKE YOU JUMPING OFF A 5 STORY BUILDING.) THERE ARE SOME KEEPER SIZE FLOUNDER, SOME BLUES AND BLACK DRUM. ITS COLD AND WINDY AT THE PIER SO IF YOU GO DON'T FORGET THE HEAVY COATS AND LONG JOHNS. THURSDAY ITS SUPPOSED TO WARM UP A BIT.

     DO YOU EVER WONDER WHAT KNIND OF SHARK YOU CAUGHT IS? ERIC SANDER A LOCAL MARINE BIOLOGIST JUST PUBLISHED A SHARK IDENTIFICATION GUIDE WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. IT TAKES YOU STEP BY STEP TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY YOUR SHARK. IT CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE PIER BAIT SHOP OR BY EMAIL AT ericssharkguide@yahoo.com  THIS IS A MUST SEE GUIDE AND A MUST FOR ANY TACKLE BOX.

"FISHING PEOPLE RULE"

  BOB