I don't know if it's already been said, but daylight savings time ends at the end of this month.  It will be a lot lighter out a 7:00am. There's gonna be some good fishing missed there.

As a former employee who was transferred from Fort D to another department and an avid fisherman of the fort it hurts alot of us to the a great park go on the down slide. We once had over 80 park personnel and now the staff is down to only nine full time people. Over 200 people have been lay ed off from parks. For over 20 years we kept the park in great shape as you would know using the place. Jim Wilson who now runs the park does the best he can with what he has to work with. He is out there picking papers and hoisting garbage with the other nine employees. They also need days off so sometimes there may be only two to four people on staff. Rest rooms are now being closed grass not mowed. Maintenance and security on the pier would require a few more people out there. At least once a month I would pressure clean all of the pier. You won't see that any more.The closing of the pier is terrible but the 200 plus people with out a job after 10 years of service is the sad est part. The fort was a great place to work. I still fish there when ever I can. I will personally say sorry about the closing of the pier. Look at your county commissioners for the answer. I'm sure they don't have any. They are all still working with nice pay increases while the rest of us have our pay froze for three years.It's not only the fisherman who use the pier sad about this whole mess.