Thread: Biggest King caught on Gulf Shores piers

The fish was caught may 5 of 1991. It was my first day on the pier. John pierce did gaff the fish. Talking to Stephen two years ago at J and M he said he remembers the day te fish was caught because Mr. Pierce called him that evening and told him about the fish that he had gaffed that day, saying that it was indeed larger than his. The fish weighed 52 lbs the day he caught it and has grown nor shrunk.

If I knew there was ever going to be this kind of disagreement every time this subject was brought up because a regular didnt catch it, I wish he would have never caught it. I get tired of having to defend the validity of this fish every year. Who honestly cares who caught the biggest. Pier fishing was supposed to be about friends first and fishing second. Over the past two years I have seen the friendships disappear over a damn fish. For this very reason is why I will not be frequebting the pier as much this summer. It has lost it's family friendly atmosphere and I will not take my sons fishing where I have to worry about someone being rude to them over a fish.

I WAS THERE THE DAY JOHN PIERCE CAUGHT A 50+ POUND KING...AS FAR AS I EVER KNEW THAT WAS THE PIER RECORD...I SPENT YEARS TRYING TO BREAK IT...

I just got off the phone with Steven he said there was no such conversation that took place anywhere especially at J and M Tackle. He did say you had mentioned this to him in the past and he always responded with, "I always thought My Pop had the record of 50#, I am unaware of a king being caught that was bigger."

Steven (John Pierce's grandson) will be posting later tonight when he gets off work.

Guess il have to end all this bickering and bust a 50+ this year...

I don't understand why it always has to resort to a pissing contest. It really doesn't matter who caught the bigger fish, if you know what is really important. Until their is an official record book with all the fish weighed on the same certified scale, it really doesn't matter. The only fish that truly holds water on the pier is Tricia Cluck's pompano. Like I said before, pier fishing I supposed to be about the friendships first, and fishing second. This whole mine is bigger and better attitude is exactly what is pushing me away from the place I love. In the end, people will believe what they want to believe. The fish is long gone and all that remains are the stories and the picture of a man and his young son who was on his first trip ever to the pier.

Somebody shoot this dead :

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No doubt. What's the point in stirring a pot of s*** other than to see how bad you can make it smell.
This whole thread needs to be deleted.

Well im gonna say this before it does. Lisa I find it very hard to believe that a man that holds a Royal billfish slam would walk out on the pier and fish with earthworms. Seems to me that your story is the one that has grown
JMHO

I see no need to kill it, just like any question, different people have different answers.. A legit question was asked.. And to be honest, one of the things that draws me to the pier is the competition

Like I said,the world will never know. This is all I have to say Mr.B,JP and DR all caught fish that were in a class of there own and are the only members of the 50lb club that I know of. The scales we used back then were the Hanson cotton scales which vary several pounds from day to day.I knew this Sh!&@T was going to get cranked up the minute I first saw this thread this morning.THE END NOW LET IT BE!!!!