The PIERHOUSE will re-open up this early morning at 8:00 AM and carry on thru rest of the period! …………. Be aware: PIER FISHING will resume for BOTTOM FISHING and PLUGGING on TUESDAY early morning. The Staff of BIP and Town OFFICIALS will inspect the conclude and establish a protected restrict that the public will be able to entry. There is a piling toward the conclude that demands replacement (we will ideally have that repaired inside thirty days), which will allow an added 100 feet for fishing. The approx. misplaced footage is about 225′, and we will start re-constructing to total length ideally this winter season in time for the SPRING 2012 year! ………….. Unfortunately, we will have to cancel the 2011 BOGUE INLET PIER KING MACKEREL TOURNAMENT, so if you have signed up, remember to verify with Patty for a refund. ………….. As I have explained before, we actually enjoy everyone’s calls and e-mails wishing us the greatest it actually indicates the planet to us! ………… Also many thanks to all of our Staff for their tireless dedication to excellence! We definitely couldn’t do it with out them! …………. 1 far more factor we are flattered from all of the fantastic offers for donations to get the pier again in best form! ………….It really exhibits how considerably absolutely everyone enjoys this place! ……….. Our reply to that is &quot We recognize the provides, but make sure you just never end coming! &quot ………… With all of you just enjoying the pier, we will prevail and keep generating this a favorite destination stage for so numerous! …………….. Many thanks once more and SEE YOU Soon! ……………. MIKE STANLEY

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8-27-eleven …… SATURDAY …… Missing about 200′ (so far)! …… Possibly WE CAN Help save SPOT Period!

The winds are shifting now it really is about 10:30 AM, and it really is getting Much better! ………….. We misplaced about 200′ of the pier so far thankfully we are ready to get out a report if it can be loaded. …………… The RV Park is fairly intact now small hurt with misplaced underpinning, and some rearranged storage bins, but absolutely nothing structural. …………… We just returned from a swift operate all around (we ended up seeing a great deal of trees starting to fall), and there has been relatively tiny structural injury. We have only seen 1 wire down and it was a Tv Cable on Bogue Inlet Drive. The pier has been slice off just past the 5th shelter the fish cleaning table to the stop is gone. We will ideally be ready to re-create it quickly supplied we can get by way of all of the red tape associated with coastal construction. The Island Harbor Marina was under drinking water there was a great deal of harm there, and the audio is a wreck. There will be a ton of dock harm this time and it reminds us of the floods of OPHELIA back again in ’05 ……………… Thank you to all that have called and e-mailed us with warm wants and prayers! ………… You are the cause why rebuilding is this kind of a priority! …………… I’ll get back again with much more pics and details ASAP! ………….. MIKE STANLEY

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Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier
Emerald Isle, NC
252-354-2919
http://www.bogueinletpier.com/

8-26-eleven …… FRIDAY …… WE’RE Getting Ready! ……

Sorry for the lapse in reports, but we have been preparing for one of the most probably damaging HURRICANES to hit this area since HURRICANE HAZEL! ………… Although the National Weather conditions Support has predicted a landfall about CAPE LOOKOUT at this point, there is a strong probability that Carteret County will experience massive FLOOD Levels, placing Bogue Financial institutions at threat for a catastrophic damage! …………… At this writing, the prospective WAVE Peak could approach 30′ at the peak of the storm close to BIP, which would certainly spell the stop of an era at Bogue Banks! …………. If you live wherever in Eastern North Carolina (specifically east of Goldsboro, NC) do not consider this storm lightly, as it is without having problem the worst storm in 50 a long time or so to hit this area. ………….. Make sure you pray for us at this stage, we are performing every thing probable to retain the sum of hurt to a minimal, but Mom NATURE is undoubtedly heading to flex her muscular tissues on this one particular! …………… I will consider to get one a lot more report in ahead of the storm, and will update ASAP following the storm when we are ready to get out communications. ………….. Many thanks, and GET Ready! ……….. MIKE STANLEY