New year, new outlook

After all the hoopla last summer we have seen no truely lasting affects from the oil spill.
God had mercy on us!

Currently the water is clean and clear and cold (just like it should be).
But it (water temp) is warming quickly into the upper 50s and we have been seeing some promising signs of some good upcoming spring fishing.
Sheepshead have been the mainstay catch throughout this winter, especially at the Gulf State Park Pier and Perdido Pass.
Live shrimp have worked OK at the Pass, but the best bait (by far) is the beach ghost shrimp that live a foot or so under the sand in the water.

http://www.loyno.edu/lucec/natural-history-writings/beach-ghost-shrimp-callichirus-islagrande

Well oilly, this is a fine mess...

We're on 'pins and needles' here in lower Alabama waiting to see what this oil spill mess does.
I hope I'm over my anger at the people who should have been responsible to see the situation did not get out of hand. It's human to forgive stupidity, but it will take Divine Guidance to truely forgive the greedy, shortsighted people who should have protected lives and property better.
May God have mercy on them.

I try to post whatever pertenint links or pics I may come across at several fishing websites I frequent.
It's such a lot of fun, pier fishing along the Emerald Coast of America. And I pray to God it doesn't pass the way of the wild buffalo and passenger pigeon.

Catch me (and my friends) @ http://emeraldcoastpierfishing.myfastforum.org/forum40.php