This isn't about crappie, but it is about having fun "fishing"

First of all, my father lives on a sound on the East Coast. The water there is salt for the most part, unless it rains alot. Then it get's a bit brackish. His pier sits SHALLOW in the sound, in about 3 feet of water. It stays that shallow out about 30' or so beyond the pier. It's great for the kids to play and mess around in. On occasion, you can get a drum, but mostly it's smaller fish around the pier.
Anyway, the family went down for a long weekend last weekend. Most evenings we would sit on the end of the pier and try to catch something!
After about 3 lbs of shrimp were culled off our hooks by the crabs, we started cutting up the smaller croaker and such for cutbait. Man those crabs couldn't cull that as easy! It was a free for all, seeing who could get thier crab on the pier before it let go of the bait.
Now, I'm telling you. I don't recommend getting in the way of two kids and two adults slinging crabs at the end of a pier. I sat down ONCE. Hubby said he didn't think the ole lady could move as fast as when my son's crab let go at my rear end!
We all laughed and had fun until well into the night several nights.
I know NOTHING about fishing at the coast, but that was fun.
Maybe next time we will try a crab pot! :D