HAVE BEEN FISHING OF OFF PIER FOR 33 YEARS AND HAVE HAD WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES.BUT NO MORE. PIER IS TO HIGH AND HAS NO LIGHTING OVER SIDES FOR NIGHT FISHING.TOO BAD THAT FISHERMEN WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP DESIGN THIS PIER.OLD PIER JUST NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED ON END, THIS WOULD HAVE SAVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SOME OF THE COMISSIONERS MUST ...
Hi! My name is Tamino, My experience at Panama City Beach Pier is a little different. I live in Georgia, but I am originally from Florida, so I’m not an amateur fisherman. The internet said that the pier was low to the water. The first day I arrived to the pier, it was 30’ above the water, there was no building at the entrance, and so ...
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By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/18/08
I spent all of 1994 and 1995 fishing this pier.. To get the best spot sleep there on your spot over night, you can drink the night away and catch skates, by 6 am the kings come runnging..I wish I could find my old friends from back then
i love going to this pier, i go down for vacation and am on the pier almost everyday fishing. They need to fix it tho, you catch alot of king down at the end. but a great place overall
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO WATCH SURFERS. IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU CAN WATCH DOLPHINS, STINGRAYS AND GREAT SUNSETS. TONS OF FISHERMEN YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE THEM REAL IN A SHARK HERE. PIER IS BEING TORN DOWN 2008 DUE TO HURRICANE DAMAGE BUT IS GETTING REBUILT.
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Pretty Neat
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 02/05/08
We took some great pics of my husband and I with the beach in the background. We didn't go fishing, and a hurricane damaged some of the pier so it's kinda short, but it was neat. I think it costs like a dollar and you can come and go all day. Pretty neat.
I looked forward to going on vacation very year but since hurricane Ivan damaged the pier. (1/3 of pier is closed) fishing has not been the same. It gets to crowded and you can't fish in the best spot (End of the pier) I keep hearing that there are plans tp repair it but so far all I've heard is a bunch of talk.
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nice pier to fish
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/05/07
i've lived in Panama City,Fl. for 22 years.I fish on this pier every year.i catch cobia,kingfish,pompano and spanish mackreal.Icant wait for it to get rebuilt.The Dan Russell peir is a wonderful place to catch some nice gamefish.
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No Better Pier Anywhere
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/13/07
The fishing on this pier is excellent. I have fished this pier for several years and have never been disappointed. I have caught King and Spanish Mackeral, Bluefish, Pompano, even some snapper one year. When this pier gets busy, it does get a little dagerous for the casual observer. There are plenty of people fishing. There isn't much room ...
I got to the pier around 7pm, expecting to fish most of the night. But due to the "red tide," NOTHING was biting. Just a bunch of dead fish floating. All the pro's were leaving early. I tried for a few hours and didnt even get a bite and no one around me did either. I'm only spending 1 night here so I'm sure it's good ...