Al,
Good effort on a long drive. The pier is always optional. Bait is much easier to find in the spring/summer along the reserve buoy line than it is this time of year. The pier is almost a guarantee on bait. Many bait up in the dark near the pier and get out deep where they want fish so they can have baits out at greylight.
Then again, most of the winter fish are on iron, so you can simpify in the winter by just hucking lures and skip bait all together.
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