Who is a Fisherman?
A fisherman is a supreme optimist, a liar, cannot measure length or weight, cannot tell the time, is a possessor of the most outrageous cloths and fishing tackle, and is a complete write off to the opposite sex.
A fisherman can leave his house before dawn and return only with sunburn, his mates clothes, bait all gone, half his fishing tackle missing and no fish.
A fisherman can walk into a sports store looking for a packet of hooks and come out with a $200 reel.
A fisherman can take his boat out 10 metres from the shore to find the plug missing and that he cannot swim.
A fisherman is the only person who can run out of petrol and be excused, slip into bed at 2:00AM without a "Where have you been?" query from his wife, buy half a dozen fish at the fish shop and be believed in his claim of having caught them in the last half hour of fishing.
A fisherman can catch half a dozen fish in a day but still give half of them away to his next door neighbour, lend a casual acquaintance $5 without batting an eye lid, give up his bait to a mate, even pass over his last stubbie of cold beer BUT never will he, even under the threat of death, reveal a hot fishing spot, or the right size hook and bait when he is running "Hot".
A fisherman never suffers from strokes, seldom borrows from his wife and is a stranger to his children - If he ever got around to having any.



Who Am I ?
 
 
 
                      
 
         
                 
 
 
 
 
Hello,
My Name is Joe Dionne, A Jacksonville resident since 1954 and a weekend pier fisherman. Although, I live in town I have spent a good part of my life here at Jax Beach and most of that time was spent hanging out at 7th. Ave South and surfing early morning Southside Pier Breaks, verbally assaulting the fishermen on the pier who were trying to cast out and hit you with there sinkers and getting thrown in Jail for surfing to close to the pier.
 
OH YEA, The 60's and 70's at Jax Beach Pier, Now those were the days!
 
But you finally grow up and start accepting responsibilities in life.  Not to say that ALL SURFERS are irresponsible ,  and well, you can take it from there.  So now, being a bit older and little wiser I have built this website in hopes that those seeking this type of information will benefit from it and, also leave there Ideas and Suggestions in creating the #1 Fishing Pier on the East Coast.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
I am not affiliated with the Jacksonville Beach Pier or the City of Jacksonville and I was not hired by either to Build this site.
 
This was done on my own at my own expense of improving on an already Fantastic Fishing Pier and to provide this type of info to those who are looking for it.
 
I will have my camera with me when I am on the pier so I can get a photo of you and your catch to post on this site.
 
Please take your time and visit the entire site.  Site Additions will be made often so be sure to check us out before you head out to fish.
 
Good Luck on the fishing and hope to see you on The New Jacksonville Beach Pier.

Keep on Reeling,

Joe Dionne
jaxpierjoe@yahoo.com

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