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RPBrown wrote:Yep, I spent many a night on that pier and brought home a lot of fish, some large and others not so much but always fun.

Funny thing, I've been gone from Houston 23 years now and have not been fishing since I left there.

RPBrown wrote:When I lived in Houston, I was always fishing. Either wade fishing or off one of the piers.
Once while wade fishing, I had my 20' stringer tied to my belt loop and felt a tug. When I pulled it in, only a few heads were left.

I was fishing from what was the 61st street pier when it hat a "T head" late one night. A family with 2 boys about 12 and 13 years old came up next to me and asked if they could fish there. Said no problem. They had rented all of their tackle and was ready to go. Got to talking to the dad and found out they were from Missouri. About that time one of the young yelled that he had something. I watched as he brought in about a 10-12 inch shark. Now this shark had swallowed the hook and this boy was about to stick his fingers in to get the hook back when I asked him what he was doing. He told me that the fish had swallowed the hook. I told him he would lose some fingers if he stuck them in its mouth. He said "it's just a catfish" and I said "no, it's just a shark. His eyes got real big, and then he threw fish, rod reel and all over the side of the pier.