My dad and brother were looking to get their pier fix on, so we headed out around 6:30pm on Saturday and set up on the South pier. We were about 100 yards past the bait house, fishing an incoming tide.
Early on, we set up some big rods with live pinfish, and those pinfish swam around happily untouched for the rest of the afternoon and evening. In the meantime, I sabiki-ed up some greenbacks and used them for cutbait.
I chucked them under the old Skyway span in front of me, and over the course of the night, had good success catching snapper, with 5 keepers coming home with us. I also caught a nice trout on a live greenback, and dad rounded out the cooler with a big grey snapper.
The next day dad did what he does best, which is to marinate, bread, and fry our catch in pure Crisco. There is nothing like fresh fish...southern style.
