This is our pier gate lock after someone kicked their way in again. This has happened several times this summer. The lock costs more than $300 and it takes a lot of time to repair the gate to reinstall a lock. After years of not locking the pier, interlopers seem to think they have a right to fish on it. Could be folks who spend their summer week in Rockport at a facility that does not have a pier and have grown accustomed to using ours. Late at night our gate is just at the mercy of those who are determined to destroy it.
Ironically, I have not seen, nor have I heard of a single, not even one, keeper fish being caught off this pier in my recent memory. After all the heavy rains this spring, it seems the fish have moved to water with a higher salt content. Even the mitigation site has produced nothing. I think in legal terms our pier is just an attractive nuisance this year.