Thread: any bait around the pier yet?

Originally Posted by MarkS1320

LY is slang for alewife which is a northern Atlantic baitfish which looks somewhat similar. That’s what I understand anyway. Someone correct if I have it wrong.

Get a true-born Southerner to say "alewife" and you will know where the term of "LY' comes from ;-) lol

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Get a true-born Southerner to say "alewife" and you will know where the term of "LY' comes from ;-) lol

Added to my must do for my next trip down there! July can't get here soon enough!

Thanks everyone for the LY explanation! I am no longer confused on the issue from here in Cain-Tuck-E!

Yesterday, Thurs., it was no problem to get an LY with a ribbon rig just north of the octi. Oh, happy day!

"Maybe since the pier is a "fishing and education pier", they can put up big picture-signs of the scaled sardine, with all of the scientific information about the species, since the species figures so prominently into The Gulf Shores Pier Fishing Experience."

I can make a call next week and see if we can work on a "common baitfish" sign for the pier!

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Winter is only slowly releasing it's chilly grip ;-)

You don't say....dang cold this morning....caught up on some needed sleep from the trip & rigging rods....this getting old is getting in the way of pleasurable things

Originally Posted by ironman172

You don't say....dang cold this morning....caught up on some needed sleep from the trip & rigging rods....this getting old is getting in the way of pleasurable things

You only missed getting cold and wind burned, plus a little wet this a.m. Bill. We headed north before 9:00, only fish that I saw caught were LY's, plenty of bait. Sorry I missed you today, it was good catching up. Better days ahead....

I had often wondered what that term actually meant.

A mispronounced name for a misidentified species. Would not make sense anywhere else - makes perfect sense here. lol.