Thread: Underwater Pier Cleanup

I just found out that the local Scuba Association is working with the appropriate state agency to schedule a clean up under the pier this coming October.

My next door neighbor, Mark Bolinger, is heavily involved in the local Scuba association told me that they plan to have forty to sixty divers, with the appropriate number of boats come to the pier the second week in October and spend some three hours cleaning the debris from under the pier. He said there will be several GoPro cameras in operation so we will be able to see what the underwater structure looks like.

If y'all have any suggestions as to the time of day (be realistic) for them to do this, pass them along to me and I'll tell him. I had mentioned doing it from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m---that way, any morning bite would be over, more or less, as far as it's possible to predict anything about fishing. I told him about that period in October being when the fall Spanish run hopefully occurred, and he said he would pass that along, and that it was the kind of information he was looking for to make it a positive experience for everybody.

It should be really interesting to see what comes out from underneath.

Mark said they are including lots of divers because once some of them see the size and number of sharks around the pier, they'll be wanting to spend the day on the boats.

Hope they are planning to bring some knives (chainsaws?) to deal with the tangled mess of 680# braid I imagine is down there. I also bet they will get some great footage!

I just found out that the local Scuba Association is working with the appropriate state agency to schedule a clean up under the pier this coming October.

My next door neighbor, Mark Bolinger, is heavily involved in the local Scuba association told me that they plan to have forty to sixty divers, with the appropriate number of boats come to the pier the second week in October and spend some three hours cleaning the debris from under the pier. He said there will be several GoPro cameras in operation so we will be able to see what the underwater structure looks like.

If y'all have any suggestions as to the time of day (be realistic) for them to do this, pass them along to me and I'll tell him. I had mentioned doing it from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m---that way, any morning bite would be over, more or less, as far as it's possible to predict anything about fishing.

It should be really interesting to see what comes out from underneath.

So exciting, he posted it twice....

You guys should get a pool going as to how many rod and reels that they will find.

The amount of braid and hooks, I hope their tetnus shots are current and their knives sharp. Perhaps spearguns to thin the sharks too (one can only hope).

What's the creel on divers? Is it TL or FL? Will they be selling the rods and reels they find?

Is this part of the dive against debris project?

Maybe they'll finely find Jimmy Hoffa

I wunder if they will find my cellphone dropped in 2013?

LOL