It's a Damn Shame!!
This will be the first year that I didn't make my vacation plans in Frisco because the Frisco pier is closed. I grew up from the age of 8 fishing off of that pier, and have seen many owners come and go from that pier. I was there as a teenager fishing by day, and chasing tail at night. I remember looking forward to staying at the Surf and Sound campground, and living on that pier on a daily basis. I remember the pranks that Gordon and Jodi (old pier staff that stayed there) played on me and my brothers!! Damn good times on those boards. I remember shark fishing in October with one of the locals down there, (Darrell Willis) and watching a 10 ft. bull shark nearly drag his butt over the railing when he set the hook, because he forgot to check the drag before he clicked it into gear. He wouldn't be here with us today, if it weren't for Gordon Isnor grabbing the back of his pants, and pulling him back down!! He was on the second rail, and well on his way over the rail, when Gordon grabbed his pants, and pulled him back down. I remember sleeping up on the pier, and being rocked to sleep by the ocean. It was one of the best night sleeps that I ever had!! I remember running back to the pier after a prank pulled on 2 of the local girls down there. Does anyone remember that good ole snipe hunt? Just ask Cindy and Vicki Willis, and Kelly Bradshaw. They remember!! They got chewed up by mosquitos walking back to the pier from clear up near Hatteras village. Good, Good memories from that pier. It is a shame that the current owners have neglected it so badly! I wish the state would do the right thing, and rebuild it in concrete. You can't tell me that N.O.A.A. wouldn't contribute a boat-load of cash to have a state of the art weather station out there where it could monitor hurricanes, water temps, and the like from that location. The current owner needs to sell that pier if he isn't going to fix it up, and let someone else buy it and get it re-opened. There are a lot of locals that want it reopened, not to mention all of the regulars that used to fish up there. John Cain from Va. Beach, the Rogers' Klan from Va. and all of the local school kids that hadn't gotten into girls yet!! They would spend hours and hours up there fishin and goofin off!! It has been an attraction for that area for years, and now it is gone. Hey Gaskin's or Gaskills or whatever your name is, SELL THIS PIER!!! Letsomeone who has some money invest in it, and get it re-opened!! It is clear that you either don't have the cash, or that you have the cash, but it isn't all that pressing an issue for you to reopen this pier!! Shame on you sir for letting this pier go the way you have!! I would like to see the Dept. of the Interior take it away from you and do something with it.