I caught a monster 8lb spanish the other day, and earlier this year i caught a 38lb king from the apachepier. THe spanish also came from the apache pier. Biggest shark i have had this year was over 9ft and would have gone over 200lb. Could of gaffed it a hundred times over but had to cut the line beacause I live in the dumbest county around in sc that protects sharks, "HORRY" county. Fought him for about an hour on my 7ft penn power stick with a penn 500 jigmaster. allmost got spooled a couple times. Ive done ok this year from the pier as far as kings go, i have 4 from 18lb 13oz, 19lb 4oz, 27lb, 38lb.