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Originally Posted by Broad Bill
I don't see a 500 ft pier any different than the fish magnet arguments people used about wind farms or oil rigs. Pilings will attract forage, forage will attract predators, night lights will attract baitfish and baitfish will attract predators. The question is how far out will the pier go into the ocean. Will it extend 100 ft or 450 ft. If it's out as far as the old pier, it'll be fine. The surrounding contour of the old pier was all sand, no structure and fishing was incredible.
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Outside of the Whiting/Ling, I'm not sure I would describe the fishing there as incredible... There were fluke/blues, other things like kingfish ,blowfish, a porgy once in a while, and believe it or not in those days no one really fished much for blackfish at the pier.. It was often picky during the warm months, with a lot of sea robins, dogs, skates etc, The winter Ling and Whiting made that pier famous,.. outside of that, I dunno, you could do as well or better at a good jetty.
Even when the ling/whiting were in solid you had to be out at the end of the pier preferably in a corner spot most nights... those fish were seldom along the sides in any great numbers..
Still, I think its a great thing that there will be a new a new pier to fish from in Long Branch.. hopefully, it will be a little more kid friendly and easier to fish from than the original was.. It certainly can't hurt the town thats for sure.. It will bring revenue to local business for certain.. I hope its reasonably priced , thats important these days. Working families not making big money can use a break from the crazy prices they have to pay for everything. bob
