I've fished the dike a few times, but always get hung up on the rocks. I went to Seawolf Park pier on Monday and was king of the pier.....when you count big hardheads. I use a double drop leader made of piano wire, 2 hooks, and a big weight with cut sand trout. One hit I had was a huge one and I was hoping bull red or big black drum. Actually I had two 4 pound hardheads on the same leader. We had to get the net for that big mess. Hardheads=snot sharks.
I'm a bit upset at Galveston Fishing Pier (91st) because they allow their 'cliques' to do practically anything they want to do in the surf rod areas at the T. It's dog eat dog at the surf rod area at the T head.