re: Pier Fishing at Grande Isle

Never had much luck on the pier, can be a bit crowded for my liking. But I've taken my son and his buddies and I usually sit in a lawn chair and watch them catch. Caught a few specs, few whites and every now and then they hook a bull red and enjoy the fight. We probably don't stay late enough for the good fishing on the pier. Most of the good catches I've heard from people happen much later than I wanna fish.
They will free line live shrimp for trout or cracked crab on the bottom for bull reds...