the beach..and da' Pier

another early morning at Sunrise as I got to 40th street in plenty of time  to make the long walk over the dunes to get to the beach and surf...  great weather...  still low low tide.. plenty of bait in the surf.. maybe I'll wet a line in the surf tomorrow......left the beach and decided to take a walk on da' Pier--my old hangout...  with my 60d at the ready I met up with Tom and Wade at the very end pluggin' away... the Blues and Spaniards were in.. small ones... the rods were bending..

with no fish to take home I decided to have a different kinda 'Brooklyn-style' lunch--a Fried Bologna 'sammich'.. it's at the very end of the pics.. fried up nice and crispy with some 'deli-mustard'  yummy..good stuff.. hadn't had one in over 25 years..or more 

Sunrise over the dunes

greeted onto the beach by this wuff-wuff

Wade and Tom pluggin at the end of da' Pier

the 'Gotcha' got'em

plenty of large 'rays' hanging around the end

a Spaniard

a professional Spaniard catcher

can only fish on the end..water way too low

a very familiar 'friend'

 still up on the board

can't get lost up here

late blooming Gardenia amongst the Roses

Fried Bologna( that's pronounced baloney) in the pan

Fried Bologna in a 'sammich'--Brooklyn style

just a few pics

tried fishing at the lake this morning.. sloppy grass all over... no hits..

it's low alright..

hardly any water under da' Pier this early morning... what a difference a few years make when I used to fish up there daily -- 16 years worth.. and mostly at the low end.. oh well..

mouth of Calabash River

low low tide

Ghost Crab

memorial to a 'turtle watcher'