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Thanks for the report Joe. All too familiar. Not sure you're aware of the MLPA boundary If you decide to go north of the pier. The south end of the no fish/take zone is at Diamond St. the big staircase down to the beach. Stay south of it. Seen LG's & DFW folks escort unaware anglers out of there ...

I fished the surf south of Crystal pier about 8:30-10:00 this morning. Sand crabs are plentiful under the pier, with roe and some soft shells. Grass was minimal. Water felt colder. Bite was very slow, only a few bite surgically stealing roe. So I switched to the smallest crabs with roe I could find ...