Is anybody else upset about the no trolley fishin on gulf shores pier,or is it just me???????
cigar (7/18/2009)You never saw many try fishing upwind at old GSP because the upwind side was reserved for trolleys only,even if there was only 1 person with a trolley.
The rules are still the same ,free line down wind down current,and now bottom fishing on the upwind side all they done is cut out trolley fishing the rules for freeliners has not changed.Now you have a bunch of people catching catfish onthe up current side.
cigar (7/18/2009) What you usually had at the old pier was two or three trolleys tying up half the octagon and everyone else shoulder to shoulder on the down wind side.
if you look at the picture there are three trolleys out and they take up about 3 feet of the pier not anywhere close to half.
good idea...all pier rats are inconsideratesbarrow (7/19/2009)If i was that pissed I would just not fish the pier !!!!!!!
Just not enough room for trolley fishing without screwing up everybody else. just my 2 cents
two those rigs on the right belong to me amd a friend we were behind the camera,as far curtious ive broke mine off more than once to help a freeliner then gaffed his fish for himGarbo (7/19/2009)With all due respect, Big Fish move around after being hooked.
Whether it's kings, bonita, cobia, spanish, bluefish or tarpon, they all move around quite a bit after being hooked. A Trolley Rig takes some time to deploy and in most cases (when it was the standard on the GS pier) were not moved for other anglers that had a fish hooked. So the angler with the hooked fish had to work around the other fishermens gear and Trolley Rods. Some of the most unconcerned,unpolite and hard to fish aroundfishermen I have ever fished around were fishing those Trolley Rods years ago on the Gulf Shore Pier, and thesad thing is they didn't even know they were being that way.
Your Picture says alot.
That is a corner that could and would be have to be used by an angler with a big cobia, king or tarpon, whether the angler wanted to or not. There is no way those three rods and rigs could be or would be moved to allow the other angler to fight the hooked fish. Worst part is that is a corner of the T or end of the pier, and no doubt will have to be used by other aglers. That is one (1) angler and a childwith five (5) rods, To be completely honest the photo lookesto be very uncurtious as well asvery selfish to me.
I, like many others are very glad Trolley Rigs are banned.
I guess I would have a different opinion if all fish that were hooked came straight to the angler and they never forced the angler to move left or right,but thank God that is not the case because that wouldn't be any fun at all.
My opinion is unchanged and may be a stronger opinionthan before.slanddeerhunter (7/19/2009)two those rigs on the right belong to me amd a friend we were behind the camera,as far curtious ive broke mine off more than once to help a freeliner then gaffed his fish for himGarbo (7/19/2009)With all due respect, Big Fish move around after being hooked.
Whether it's kings, bonita, cobia, spanish, bluefish or tarpon, they all move around quite a bit after being hooked. A Trolley Rig takes some time to deploy and in most cases (when it was the standard on the GS pier) were not moved for other anglers that had a fish hooked. So the angler with the hooked fish had to work around the other fishermens gear and Trolley Rods. Some of the most unconcerned,unpolite and hard to fish aroundfishermen I have ever fished around were fishing those Trolley Rods years ago on the Gulf Shore Pier, and thesad thing is they didn't even know they were being that way.
Your Picture says alot.
That is a corner that could and would be have to be used by an angler with a big cobia, king or tarpon, whether the angler wanted to or not. There is no way those three rods and rigs could be or would be moved to allow the other angler to fight the hooked fish. Worst part is that is a corner of the T or end of the pier, and no doubt will have to be used by other aglers. That is one (1) angler and a childwith five (5) rods, To be completely honest the photo lookesto be very uncurtious as well asvery selfish to me.
I, like many others are very glad Trolley Rigs are banned.
I guess I would have a different opinion if all fish that were hooked came straight to the angler and they never forced the angler to move left or right,but thank God that is not the case because that wouldn't be any fun at all.