posted by Dan on Apr 27
When my son was about 11, we both enjoyed having breakfast at a little restaurant at the pier on Commercial Blvd in Fort Lauderdale. Then we would grab our rods and go out onto the pier.
To this day I couldn’t figure how many Spanish Mackerel, Pompano, Blue fish, Snook, and for sheer fun Barracuda, and huge Needle fish, we caught. It was an amazing pier for an 11 year old and his dad.
During one week I was in a Sport’s Authority picking up a few things and there I spotted a beautiful Guy Harvey t-shirt with a great illustration of Tuna. It was very white. I wore it to the pier that following Saturday.
Lots of inconsiderate pier people use the pier rails as bait cutting platforms, and the result of this is that the rails can get pretty dirty.
I leaned on the rail to look straight down into the water. I leaned my new WHITE shirt against the edge of the rail and came up with a black line across my new WHITE shirt. This was upsetting and I said to my son; “Look at this.” He look at the black line and just shook his head and said; “That’s Pier Pressure, Dad.”
I just stared at him in awe. We all think OUR kids are smart, but this set me way back. I just started laughing, and he did as well. And that was fishing with my kid.
