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As of Friday, 64 turkeys had been checked from Jefferson County. Only about 6 percent (1,207 of 19,401) of the birds that had been checked through Friday were killed on public lands. The Daniel Boone National Forest had surrendered 409, and 111 had been checked from the Peabody Wildlife Manage- ment Area. Kentucky’s season runs through May 6. The limit is two male turkeys or birds with visible beards. Only one may be taken per day. For more information go to www.fw.ky.gov. — Gary Garth Turkey harvest closing in on 20,000 GULF SHORES, Ala. F ishing options on this narrow spit of white sand, where Alabama squeezes its way to the Gulf of Mexico be- tween Florida and Missis- sippi, range from brackish creeks and saltwater bays to the deep and seemingly endless waters of the Gulf. Fishing is big business here. Charter boats are nearly as numerous as the high-rise condominiums that flank much of the beachfront, and the fish- ing offshore and inshore often is terrific. However, if you want to know where the locals fish, stop at the pier. That’s the Gulf State Park Pier, a 1,540-foot-long (slightly more than a quar- ter-mile) concrete and wood monster that opened in 2009 to replace the 825- foot wooden pier that had served fishermen since 1968. That one survived a lashing by Hurricane Fre- deric in 1979, only to be battered beyond repair by Ivan in 1994. The new one probably isn’t hurricane-proof ei- ther, but it was designed with triple-digit winds in mind. It’s about 20 feet above the water to avoid swamping from a storm surge, and the wooden decking is built to blow out in a powerful wind while the concrete framing hopefully would remain in- tact. No one here wants to find out if this design strat- egy will work. The weather wasn’t a worry last week, although the wind was howling with enough muscle to keep most boaters inshore. On the pier — where you can buy bait and a license and even rent a rod ($1.50 per hour) — both the atmos- phere and attitude were light and breezy. The fish- ing never is quite as good as it was yesterday, but it’s still pretty good. “The first time I was here I caught a cobia,” said 19-year-old Monte Jenner, who recently relocated to the Alabama Gulf Coast from Arizona for work as a sheetrock hanger. Jenner, cleaning stations and rest- rooms, a snack bar and bait shop. Anglers also can pay by the week ($40), month ($80), semi-annually ($160) or annually ($320). For more information go to www.alapark.com/ gulfstate. » The previous after- noon I fished with Capt. Tommy Price, who limits his angling to inshore wa- ters. It’s all saltwater, though, and the primary targets are redfish, white trout and speckled trout along with an occasional flounder. In summer they also catch black snapper. He uses light tackle and live bait for both angling veterans and first-time fishermen. We had a slow afternoon fishing under a bright sun at slack tide, landing a handful of redfish and trout. “These conditions are tough,” Price said as mate A.J. Baker, an Army veter- an now working toward his own captain’s license, hauled in the anchor. “We usually have our tide mov- ing in or out. The fish like it better when it’s moving.” Contact Price at dock- [email protected] or (251) 379-9358. hooked three cobia and failed to land any of them. They are so strong.” Just then another fish- erman hooked a strong- running fish that the an- gler excitedly assumed was a cobia. Allison watched the bend in the rod and the run of the line and announced it probably was a mackerel, but before the angler could retrieve some line the fish broke off. That excitement was followed by the landing of another king mackerel. Chung Kao, who said he’s from Birmingham, Ala., hoisted the fish off the deck, estimated it weighed “about 20 pounds” and headed for a cleaning ta- ble. Allison said king mack- erel typically follow the strike with an electrifying run capable of triggering an addiction that prompt- ed his warning: “If bass fishermen come down here and catch a king, they’ll never go back to bass.” Jenner suddenly ap- peared holding a two- pound Spanish mackerel. “You catch that?” asked Allison, who obviously is a well-known fixture on the pier. “It’s a nice fish.” The pier, which is part of the 6,150-acre Gulf State Park, has a friendly, neigh- borhood feel about it. It’s open 24 hours every day except Christmas. It costs $8 a day to fish ($2 for sightseers) and includes lived in Pensacola (Flori- da) for 20 years, but I al- ways came here to fish be- cause the people are so nice here. And the fishing is good.” It was good to him on this overcast, windy day. Allison, who like most ex- perienced pier anglers hauls his gear in some- thing resembling an adult- sized coaster wagon, wres- tled a 12½-pound king mackerel onto the pier but was bemoaning a cobia he’d lost a few days earlier. “I usually go after the kings,” he said, explaining that “sight feeders” (Span- ish mackerel, cobia and king mackerel) follow the baitfish migration, typi- cally arriving when water temperatures reach the 68-70-degree range. “I fought (the cobia) for 90 minutes. In the 29 years I’ve been fishing here I’ve who was fishing with girl- friend Denise Winfrey, was cutting on a catfish at one of the pier’s cleaning tables. About 100 yards away, 12-year-old Braden Clem- ent also was wrestling with a saltwater catfish, which resembles its freshwater cousins but is armed with spines that can inflict a painful and poisonous prick. “The cobia was last week,” Jenner said. “I hadn’t caught anything to- day. Somebody gave me this. This is only the third time I’ve fished here, but I’m going to be fishing here all the time.” He’ll need persistence to match the fishing habits of David Allison, an archi- tect who moved to the Gulf Coast from Tennessee in the 1980s and never looked back. Allison said that when the economic down- turn brought the local building market to a near standstill, his architectur- al work also came to a halt. He’s since started making custom casting nets, which he sells online at www.alli- soncastnets.com. His new line of work seems to be working out pretty well and probably leaves more time for fish- ing. “I’ve been fishing here (at the pier) for 29 years,” said Allison, 71, whose sun- bronzed face was high- lighted by a closely clipped gray beard. “I fish here pretty much all the time. I The1,540-foot Gulf State Park Pier, which opened in 2009, is built to survive a hurricane, though it might lose its decking. The previous one lasted 26 years until Ivan blew through in 1994. PHOTOS BY GARY GARTH/SPECIAL TO THE COURIER-JOURNAL PEERLESS PLACE TO WET A LINE Gulf Shores pier draws a sociable crowd By Gary Garth | Special to The Courier-Journal Transplanted Arizonan Monte Jenner works on a catfish at one of the cleaning stations. Solunar Tables Use Eastern Daylight Time A.M. P.M. Date Day Minor Major Minor Major April 22 - Sunday 6:40 12:25 7:05 12:55 April 23 - Monday 7:35 1:20 8:00 1:45 April 24 - Tuesday 8:20 2:10 8:50 2:35 April 25 - Wednesday 9:15 3:05 9:45 3:30 April 26 - Thursday 10:05 3:55 10:30 4:15 April 27 - Friday 11:00 4:50 11:30 5:15 April 28 - Saturday 11:50 5:40 6:05 April 29 - Sunday 12:20 6:35 12:45 7:00 Time: 04-21-2012 19:31 User: jpatterson PubDate: 04-22-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: C 10 Color: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black