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THIS IS LAKEWORTH PIER, THIS IS WHERE I GOT MY 1ST TIGER!!!!

slasherx4 · 2011-01-30T08:06:29Z

The day was Saturday, January 29th; we got to the pier at about 10 or 11 in the morning, my buddy Frank had a nice cobia in the cooler, sure enough, about 15 people were on the end with cobia jigs. I figured, it’s a little too crowded right now, so I went down to the surf to see what I could catch. In the mean time, Jd and Eddy were BSing and looking for cobias, without me knowing, Eddy or somebody brought an old photo album full of pics from the original pier. I was studying the pilings hard; I kept seeing big sheepies, so I grabbed my spinner and a weighted treble given to me by Jd Fagan, sure enough after missing about 2 or 3, I finally snagged one and he wrapped me around the piling about 3 times, but I pulled him out anyways. I was happy with this fish alone. Jd flopped the first bluefish of the day, I ran it down to the duely as fast as I could, but he died so he made cooler space. Around 4pm, I saw some kids down in the surf (Frank, 21, and some others) they were hooking into a fat spinner shark, so I took my 9/0 down with a 2lb bluefish head, no hits and I was enjoying a banana walnut muffin. But I coulda sworn someone was callin me, then someone walked down and told me Jd and Eddy were screamin for me. I ran down as quick as I could with my snagging rod, that was a mistake, Eddy told me a hammer was there circling baits. I did a full speed run for my 9/0 and a full speed run back, the full length of the pier. It was too late, Eddy hooked him hard on 21’s 6/0 and it frayed off. But Jd said throw that chunk in and within 20 minutes, he was back, and he grabbed the freshest bait; my bluefish head. I let him run but he didn’t want to run, instead he swam in for the pier, I reeled in fast, held the spool and hit him until my arms were tired. The fish was on. Big ol’ hammer (or at least that’s what we thought he was. It was getting dark, getting cold, he had been going back and forth around the end of the pier for the past 30 minutes, at one point he finally just headed due east and stripped about 200 yards off me, at that point I was a little bit worried, but after another 45 minutes, I had the beast straight up and down. I said hey, that’s no hammer, I thought it was the biggest bull shark in the world, but then he turned sideways, I saw his head, I saw his tail, I saw his stripes, the tiger had been subdued! Now today is Sunday, I am here writing this post, Jd is heading back to the pier for smoked sailfish and in hopes of catching something before January ends. The pics of the old pier make me freak... Boat captains came out for adventure Front row parking Benny’s, years of excellent food, at a price Look at that wave! I cant explain this pic Can somebody please tell me what type of shark this is: duskey, thresher, mako, great white? Ancient cars Do you have the captain in you? The captain was good My Golly this picture is old The pier The captain and his mates, and DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THAT’S HERB GOODMAN ON THE LEFT? The pier was a little too short The stripes of a tiger never wash away What a captain he was! Now for a more modern time. Start the day with a massive ship Sea cows in the surf, tricking Eddy’s eyes If there was a category for snagging fish, I would definitely be a challenger! Almost the full length of the inner cooler! As the sun fell, the action rose. The hook up Thing dragged me all the way around to the other side He’s still going Now I’m worried Too close to the piling! That’s better Finally got him still The beast Look at that blunt nose Big boy shark, my dream!!! And this is my favorite picture, from head to tail 100% tiger 9 foot 7 inches Penn senators, reliable reels! The bimini twist, completely battered by the tiger, but still in full function! The End

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william

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Congratulations Mark the shark you deserve that and much more.Learning from the best does have it's benefits and you are on the way bud.

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Posted : 01/31/2011 2:15 pm

Fighting Lady 08

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AWESOME JOB SON!!!! 8-)

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Posted : 02/15/2011 1:59 pm

SurvivorMan

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Wish I was there to see your tiger bro.

I've been nailing BTs. Heres' one from this morning.

The spinners have been giving me fits

Haven't seen the old man around. Hope all is well.

SurvivorMan

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Posted : 02/15/2011 9:22 pm

slasherx4

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Wish I was there to see your tiger bro.

I've been nailing BTs. Heres' one from this morning.

The spinners have been giving me fits

Haven't seen the old man around. Hope all is well.

SurvivorMan

We have caught just about all we can catch at lakeworth pier, now it's time for us to fish some other spots and give those fish a break, ill be in the keys real soon.

Just an average fisherman.

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Topic starter Posted : 02/17/2011 4:36 pm

sharkinmiami

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Nice! Mark... thats one hell of a fish. Also those are some pretty awesome old pics from the pier. It seems like that pier is a good one for sailfish haha.

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Posted : 02/17/2011 9:37 pm

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