I fished off that pier alot from the mid 80s to 1992. Learned to pin rig first off Avalon and Kitty Hawk before I even fished Buckroe. Even though I lived in Newport News. I remember always having a lot of current out there at times. Even a live bluefish had trouble staying just below the surface most of the time. A live bait would last that long out there because of the current. Some of the locals that fished out there, who also fished the NC piers ,tried a pin rig from time to time with the same results. Bottom fishing seemed the best way to go. I wonder if some of the names I remember from Buckroe are on this board?? They were some great charactors that fished out there back in the day. Even know I went to the "dark side "with a boat, I may have to give it another try this summer.