EMERALD ISLE, N.C. --The owner of Bogue Inlet Pier in Emerald Isle says he’s having a problem with fishermen who are not abiding by his rule: No shark fishing on his pier. 

Mike Stanley says at night, fishers are coming out and putting dead fish and meat in the water trying to attract sharks for fun.

“Some people don't like to be told no, our society anymore doesn't like to be told no, no matter what we do. But I can honestly tell you, if you come on my pier and I tell you no, I mean it and don't cry and whine about it. Because that's the way it's supposed to be,” says Stanley.

Stanley says not only are these violators ruining sports fishing for the king fishermen, but they are endangering the beach goers by attracting sharks closer to shore.

“There's scales all over, and shark rigs laying around the pier, and they chum at night. They put out dead fish to attract the sharks, so when we come out to king fish, there are sharks here. So, if we catch a big fish, the shark will get it before we can get it in,” king fisherman Randy Dabbs said.

Not only is it frustrating to those sport fishing, but attracting sharks can be dangerous.

“You don't need to bring them to an area where you've got sunbathers and people going into the water. Because that's what Emerald Isle is, you have people coming from all over the country coming down here for vacation and they don't want to go into the water and their little child gets bit by a shark,” king fisherman Bobby Tyndall said.

 Stanley says those caught will be asked to leave, not get a refund, and not be allowed to return. In June alone, there have been at least three reported shark bites in the state of North Carolina.