Woolley Park Pier 7/14: NADA

[nuttyp123]

Newbie here, so the reason I didn't get even a nibble may not have anything to do with the fish. However, went to the pier on a rising tide (4 p.m., high tide was at 7). Tried a few things in my tackle box: soft plastic crab, bucktail jig by itself, bucktail jig with a clicking float...nada. Folks up the pier had frozen shrimp: given their glum looks, they weren't getting anything either. Still, it was a beautiful day with NO RAIN so all in all, ok!

[wevans]

The only place that I fish from the bank in Panacea is at Levy Bay Rd Landing. You got a deep channel, a creek and some Oyster bars to fish there

[DixieReb]

Newbie,
You can catch fish off that pier but you have to be able to throw out to the deeper water about 20-30 yds. in front of the pier. There is usually a crab trap float out in the deep water so you will see where the deeper water is. Use a bottom rig with about 1/2 oz. weight and small steel hook. You might want to use a steel leader, there are some pretty big sharks out there. I got about a 2-footer last time I went. Good luck.

[bigphishy]

i would suggest using some live baitfish. toss a cast net and see what you can come up with. mud minows, small mullet, and pinfish are all choice baits! if you don't have a cast net or aren't having an success throwing it go ahead and try to catch a few baits with a small piece of gulp or shrimp on a small hook and splitshot. pinfish(choafers), grunts and croakers can all normally be caught around most of the area piers. then from there put one out on a float and one out on a botom rig. expiriement with different lengths of leader for the float rig and different weights on the bottom rig depending on the size of bait and current.

[nuttyp123]

Thanks for the tips and advice!!!