Stocking a pier-fishing tackle box - al.com: "With all of the publicity generated by the opening of the new Gulf State Park Pier at Gulf Shores, pier fishing has seen a resurgence of popularity.
The problem, according to several veteran pier rats, is many people don't have an adequate arsenal in their tackle boxes.
While Don Green of Saraland and David Thornton of Mobile did not agree on the minute details of the basic tackle box necessities, they shared the belief that anyone fishing a pier should have good numbers of these items with them."