706z Up for grabs!

Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Yea Thats what i said A nice little black beater in the box for the first pier fisher who can give me the answers to 3 Guf Shorz Pier fishing trivia questions:
Name the last 3 pier managers on the old GSP
List the last 3 pier records on king mackerel from most recent to the first long standing record-Name of fisherman and weight(old pier)
Tell me the month and year that the red bait ribbon was first introduced to the Alabama Pier fisherman Clue: Theres only about 3 people alive besides me that no the answer to this one so good luck contacting them If you can give me the answers Im looking for the z will be waiting for you at the pierhouse

whiskersticker · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

you forgot to ask us to guess your mothers madin name
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

This ones open to the moderators as well Dig deep

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject:

those are tough ones for me as i spent some time away from pier but will try.
mike what ever his name is
jack jones
albert faulk

dennis rice 53 lbs
47 and a half, old dude from robertsdale calvin i think
47 lbs will not give name cause i do not want to help any one first initial b last initial w so you know i know what i am talking about..

and 65 on the sun and fun pier.
probably wrong on that one i'm sure, i guess i could call hollis.

i don't know if any one can get closer but i doubt it on all the answers. there may have been another manager between faulk and jones. that was the time i spent away. i may have helped someone with some answers as i know some are accurate.
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Pier#r · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

i knew the history buff was comin....

how close was i dave?
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stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

btw, what is your name dredg
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Valiant effort Tackett All good on the first Left out one beloved on the second and you should probably call Hollis about the third-but so damn close If DT has the real answers Ill keep it going through the weekend

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject:

ok how did david do???

who has the pier record now???
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

DT was right on the first and second(although I need that third name } As far as the third if you guys combine your answers you are pretty close

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject:

the third name on the king record isan indian named ----------, 47 lbs. that i am sure of. held forever.
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

You are correct You and DT are good as a team but I cant split that reel in half

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject:

bayoubuz · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject:

Albert was first, then Jack, then Mike. Didn't really keep up with who had the biggest king, but at one time John Dotson and his wife, and John Pierce had the largest. As for the ribbons, they were already in use at the old DI pier when gspp opened. Those of us who came over brought the technology with us, so to speak. Didn't see many around for awhile, but they caught on after folks learned how to make them. Hope my old mind hasn't slipped a bit, but thats what it tells me, how'd I do???

Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Damn Nice try Buzz Right on the first Close on the second And you are absolutely right about the ribbon It was in use long before 68 But it came from a different direction

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject:

hey dredg, yu want share your name so i will ask. do you know me, if so how long....
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Pier#r · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject:

OK, here goes... Let's recap

Name the last 3 pier managers on the old GSP

Mike Guinn (also current)
Jack Jones
? Cash
Albert Faulk

List the last 3 pier records on king mackerel from most recent to the first long standing record-Name of fisherman and weight(old pier)

Whew, that's a good one as I heard several people 'claim' they held the record. About 4 or 5 who claimed they caught 50#rs on the old pier.
But the only ones I know that were recorded were:
Dennis Rice 51#
John Pierce 51#
And I KNOW Bob Chandler caught a 48#r in the 1970s cuz he toll me so

Unless you are thinking of Sid Bakal. But he told he caught his 63#r from the old Sun-N-Fun pier while the State Pier was being built.

Tell me the month and year that the red bait ribbon was first introduced to the Alabama Pier fisherman

HA! that's a great one!
I KNOW they were already in widespread use at the pier in June 1972 when I first fished there.
I always heard the red ribbon rig idea came from Florida.
So I'll say June (or July) 1965.

That's it, I'm locking in my answer

stvtackett · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject:

i agree with dave on all but the last king, 47lb caught by b.d. wetzel. chandler full of shizzzzz...

even if you believe i have the right answer, give the reel to dave if we answered all correctly. he is correct everybody said that caught a 50 pound mack back then and 99.9% were full of shizzz.

btw, who caught the biggest bluefish

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bayoubuz · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:19 am Post subject:

As for bluefish, I shall endeavor to claim a small portion that title. Back around 1980 we had a big run of Atlantic blues into the northern gulf coast. I caught one off the old gsp that weighed 13lbs. 2oz. just 6 oz. off the state record of 13lbs. 8 oz. I heard someone caught a blue even larger than that about a month later but that was only hearsay. I understand several state records fell that year along the gulf coast. I know the Alabama record did. It was over 16 lbs. and still stands today. Folks, yall need to keep this up, I love shootin the bull about the old days. this is great!!

stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:36 am Post subject:

i caught one about the same size in 79, will have to dig the article up. mine beat the state record at the time, also won the weekly sandpiper fishing tournament. was in sandpipers freezer when frederick hit.

btw, do you know me???
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stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:49 am Post subject:

dug up the pic of mine. the other pic is of niki and i after a couple of hurs in gulf breeze. that dude knew speck fishing.

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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Bob Chandler? Oh Bob Chandler! He told me that same story but I dont know if I believed him or not. He was bluury eyed and had been sleeping in his van for 5 or 6 days The name I was looking for was BD Whitson 47.5 Speaking of Bob Chandler does anyone know where he is and how hes doing I miss that dude

stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

sleeping in the van, chandler and walker(killer bob) side by side in thier vans and catch dog and family under the pier. i bought a 706 from chandler a few months ago and he told me he would be on the pier as soon as it opened but don't believe he has been there, i think david talks to him regularly. i think he has health problems.

what is your name dredg
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Tackett
On the forum I am one voice but in the "reel world" I am a collective entity consisting of four persons. One man couldnt stump you and the #r
You dudes rock! By the way Bayoubuz If you are out there I was wondering if you could share some info about the destruction of DIP in 65 I believe it was Betsy-I think I might know you

stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

well, i don't know if i know you since you will not share with us your names of the 4. but i know that you know me. you have in 2 postings in this thread showed that you do know me.
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stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

dredgfish, are you younger or older than me?? were you alive when di pier was demolished???? i may know who you are...
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Damnit Man Yea you know me I met you at Mr. Kites a long long time ago I can still remember your foul mouth and bad attitude It looks like you are still keeping the faith

stvtackett · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

i know who you are, you need to quit with that mr. kite b.s. ain't but a couple of people could have answered the b.d. question...
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outlawsr <0)))>{ · Billfish Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 641

I like to hear about the largest kings ever caught I would have had a good one but we lost it on the gaf on the old pier many years ago wetzel woods and charlie both seen it it was huge had to be in the high 50s or 60s i dont know i have never seen one that big charlie told me it was so big he said it had to be a yahoo all i know the tail was over 1.5 ft and it was over 5 ft long it was a monster ask him he will tell you wetzel told me it was huge
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outlawsr <0)))>{ · Billfish Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 641

I also have a news paper article they wrote on me here I will scan it and post it about a tarpon I caught on the pier it was a nice one 150 pounds estimated by others on the pier jumped 13 times right in front of the pier it was the year the blue water came in around 1995 im thinking it was a beautiful sight
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outlawsr <0)))>{ · Billfish Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 641

I have no clue they have caught sailfish from the pier so why noy a yahoo lol I belive to this day it was a king
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Yea I remember the blue water of 95 thats the time i caught a couple of dorado right where you wads is fishing thats sacred ground where that pier lies Edi Nawi Da Bil Pa Kar

nb&twil · Billfish Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 565

sailfish are far more migratory than whaoo. i would assume with a lot of confidence that a wahoo has never been caught on a gulf coast pier, and won't ever be caught. when i worked on boats, we caught/saw billfish within a few miles of the beach several times, but never a wahoo. i'd say a blue marlin is more likely to be seen from the pier than a wahoo. they just seem to stick in their "comfort zone" more than most.

Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Ive heard of three sails spotted from Nipple Point to West Beach inside a quarter mile I saw two of them myself all lit up like i was last night and one that crazy stuck a gaff in on the pier any way I thought this post was about trivia and not sailfish-Heres the answers

Richard Hoyle
John Cash
Albert Faulk
Jack Jones
Mike Guinn

Dennis Rice 51#
John Pierce 51# *
BD Whitson 47.5#

June 65 Travelling salesman from St.Pete Fl. introduced the ribbon
Thanx everyone

whiskersticker · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject:

who gets the z??
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stvtackett · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject:

was cash where you have him or later, john cash or kenneth cash??
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Pier#r · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:

stvtackett · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject:

cash was between faulk and jones i thought. how about some more trivia.
i thought my memory was fading, maybe not that bad..
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Dredgfish · Blackfin Tuna Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 214

Ill hold the z over for the next round Like i said I cant split it in half JE is a cool dude no one can throw a snapper weight harder at someone but hes not the fourth Ill post some new ones in a couple days Ive got a collective headache from hell right now and the whole Cash question has started a family feud

stvtackett · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

why feud, did you get bad info.kenneth cash between faulk and jones was correct huhh. the fourth is sis huhh.
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the original pier pest · Cobia Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 322 Location: Montgomery

This was the standing record at the old pier. It was caught on May 5, 1991. It weighed in at 54 pounds, and the scale was recalibrated before the fish was weighed. It was caught on a alywife,that was borrowed from Doc, that was hanging between two pilings and hit while a school of Jacks came through. The fight lasted for 45 minutes before John Pierce stuck it with a gaff.

Jigslinger · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject:

That's alot of mack salad.
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BrownMarlin · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Thats a PIG!
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outlawsr <0)))>{ · Billfish Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 641

damn jeb you were a lil tike
well you pops is about what 6'2? thats a monster mac

you know that should have been my fish well it was on my birthday lol cingo de mayo
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stvtackett · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

i don't know who caught it, why dt or dredg did not know about it, why steven did not mention it to me when he told me john had caught one equal to the pier record or why anyone would calibrate a fish scale.
what i can say is that is a big ass fish!!!!!!
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cubancigarminnow · Spanish Mackerel Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 56

Hey dredge how bout them snatch hooks already ?

cubancigarminnow · Spanish Mackerel Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 56

What type of shark was it that hung around the peir in late 70s and early 80s i think his name was charlie or maybe im thinking of the alligator by the old police station i know the gator was big but the shark is a bit fuzzy on how bigit was my buddy said it was a hammer head and he saw it eat a tourist metal bait basket or half of it at least

outlawsr <0)))>{ · Billfish Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 641

The angler is Warren Brantley of that monster king
father of the original pier pest *note he is 6'4" tall so you know about how big that fish is
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stvtackett · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: