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.

           MONTHS OF  FEBRUARY - MARCH 2010

      FEB. 9TH, WEATHER HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. WATER IS COLD AND ROUGH, WIND HAS BEEN BLOWING AND TEMPS IN THE 50'S TO LOW 60'S AT THE PIER. I WENT THERE YESTERDAY AND NEVER MADE IT  PAST THE A-FRAME. THERE WERE ABOUT 10 HARDY SOULS FISHING AND HAD ABOUT 20 WHITING BETWEEN THEM INCLUDING ONE PERSON WHO FOUND THE HONEY HOLE AND HAD ABOUT 12. MY FAMILY TOLD ME IN 1994 THAT IF I MOVE TO FLORIDA I WOULD NEVER BE COLD AGAIN AND WOULD CATCH A LOT OF FISH. WELL HERE I AM AND IT'S TOO COLD TO EVEN TRY TO CATCH A FISH. SEEMS SOMEBODY LIED TO ME. HOPEFULLY IN A FEW WEEKS EVERYTHING WILL TURN AROUND. IF YOU SHOULD COME TO THE PIER MAKE SURE YOU BRING EXTRA CLOTHES ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS.

     FEB. 17TH, SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING THE SITE UP TO DATE BUT I CAN'T TAKE THIS COLD WEATHER. I WENT TO THE PIER YESTERDAY AND THERE WERE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE FISHING. THE WATER IS COLD AND THE WATER WAS MUDDY WHICH SHOULD HAVE PRODUCED A LOT OF WHITING BUT IT DIDN'T AT LEAST WHILE I WAS THERE. IF YOU LIKE SEEING WHALES WHICH I DO (I'M LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE WHEN IT COMES TO SEEING WHALES) A HUMP BACK WHALE SURFACED ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE SIDE OF THE PIER, UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF IT. YOUNG BRAD WHO FISHED WITH US LAST SUMMER INVITED ME TO GO TO THE DAYTONA 500 WITH HIM AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE INVITE BUT AGAIN IT WAS TOO COLD FOR ME. SATURDAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE 70'S SO GRAB ALL YOUR CRAP AND LETS GO FISHING.

     FEB. 23RD, WATER WAS ONLY 55 DEGREES ON SUNDAY WHEN I TOOK IT ON THE BOTTOM AT THE END OF THE PIER. FISHING STILL HAS BEEN SLOW FOR MOST BUT SOME COME OUT AND FIND THE HONEY HOLES AND GET REALLY NICE WHITING. IT SEEMS IN MOST CASES THEY ARE HANGING FAR OUT FROM THE PIER SO YOU NEED TO PRACTICE ON YOUR CASTING TO GET TO THEM. OTHER THAN THAT A FEW SMALL DRUM AND A COUPLE OF SHEEPSHEAD WITH HARLEY HOFFMAN GETTING A 5 1/2 POUND SHEEPSHEAD YESTERDAY. I WANT TO MENTION A TERRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED AT THE PIER ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO WILL BRING YOUNG CHILDREN WITH YOU FISHING. A LITTLE BOY APPROX. 2 YEARS OLD WENT THRU THE RAILS AND INTO THE OCEAN ABOUT 100 FOOT FROM THE END OF THE PIER. THANK GOD HIS FATHER WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM CLOSER WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN RIGHT BEHIND HIM AND GET HIM. ANOTHER FISHERMAN WHO I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS JUMPED IN ALSO TO HELP. THE BABY WAS LIFTED ON TO THE PIER WITH A PIER NET BY BIG MIKE AND THE MEN WERE TOWED WITH ROPES TO THE SHORE. AGAIN THANK GOD NONE SEEMED TO BE INJURED AND THE ONLY REASON IS THAT THE WATER WAS CALM AND NO SHARKS WERE AROUND. MORAL OF THIS TRUE STORY IF YOU BRING CHILDREN OUT WITH YOU WATCH THEM CLOSELY. IF THE WATER WAS ROUGH THAT PART OF THE PIER ALWAYS HAS BIG WHITE CAPS AND HEAVY DOWN FORCES SO I SURE THE HAPPY ENDING WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. INVEST IN A PORTA CRIB AND KEEP THEM IN IT, BUY A CHILDS HARNESS THAT HAS A LEADER ON IT BUT MOST OF ALL (((((((WATCH YOUR KIDS))))))

     MARCH 1ST, TODAY AT THE PIER DAVE GOT 4 SHEEPSHEAD AND LITTLE BILLY LANDED ONE. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW REALLY NICE WHITING WITH SOME GETTING UP TO NINE. A COUPLE OF SMALL SHARKS WERE ALSO CAUGHT. TOOK THE WATER TEMP AND IT'S BACK DOWN TO 55 DEGREES AND YOU COULD FEEL IT WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED AND CAME OUT OF THE EAST. IN THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY TARIK ERBAS VISITED US FROM ONTARIO AND WHILE HE WAS HERE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF WHALES NEAR THE PIER. HE TOOK SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO ME TO PUT UP ON THE SITE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS PHOTOS PLEASE GO TO THE WHALE PAGE ON THIS SITE AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR SENDING THEM TO ME.

     MARCH 6TH, HAVEN'T BEEN FISHING BUT HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF WHITING CAUGHT. SOME ANGLERS HAVE LEFT THE PIER WITH 30 - 40 - EVEN 50 WHITING. MOST OF THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOPEFULLY THIS TIME THE WEATHER EXPERTS ARE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT MID WEEK WE WILL BE IN THE HIGH 70'S. 

      IF YOU WANT A DAILY UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON CALL THE BAIT SHOP AT 386 439 2278 

       DO YOU EVER WONDER WHAT KIND 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