Fishing at the St John's County Pier at St Augustine Beach

From about 1030 to 1215 this morning, we tried out luck out on the pier- It was just a little cold, about 60 degrees, and the wind was up a bit, but it was tolerable, we all had shorts and sweatshirts on. Cooper did get a couple of strong bites, and the guys at the end of the pier did catch a couple of small fish, but mostly, we drowned our frozen shrimp. We learned very quickly that the local birds would come up and snatch your bait shrimp right out of your little pouch they sold you for bait, so we alternated watch on our bait!
After a couple of futile tries, the boys became pretty good at casting thier rigs. We rented some spin outfits, which I'm not overly fond of, preferring a regular rod and reel set up, but we managed. Cost about $15.00 for the three of us. Over 60 gets to fish and use the pier for free, if you have a rig and bait- Pretty darn sure I will be making several trips back down here to try my luck.