By Bill Stevens, Times Staff Writer
Thursday, August 26, 2010
PORT RICHEY — A woman collecting bait for fishing discovered the body of a man floating near a pier in the Pithlachascotee River around 9 a.m. Thursday.
Pam Bunton, 51, said she had just walked down to the river's edge when she saw a man under a public pier beside the Whiskey River Sports Grill.
"I was looking over the edge for a place to set my bait trap," Bunton said. "I didn't get that far."
Bunton, who lives nearby, said she comes to the pier twice a week.
"The tide is out," she said, "so I wasn't going to do anything but catch bait and go someplace else. I don't think I'll go fishing today."
The pier is across the river from the popular Catches Waterfront Grille, just off U.S. 19.
Port Richey police officers were investigating.