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727-865-0668. Park Menu. Hours & Fees. Experiences & Amenities. History. Download Park Map. Welcome to Skyway Fishing Pier State Park. When the new Sunshine Skyway Bridge was built over Tampa Bay, connecting St. Petersburg with Sarasota, the old bridge was turned into the world's longest fishing pier.
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Jul 19, 2023 · ST. PETERSBURG — After months of debate, it’s finally official: New rules are coming for anglers at the popular Skyway Fishing Pier State Park. Starting Oct. 1, anglers will be limited to...
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Fishing at Skyway Fishing Pier? Be sure to take the Skyway Fishing Pier Education Course at learningmyfwc.remote-learner.net/ and get your Certificate of Course Completion. Completion of the course is required to fish at Skyway and must be renewed annually.
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This is the longest fishing pier in the world (4.7 miles total area to fish) and it is open 24 hours each day 7 days per week all day every day. It’s open 365 days per year and they are not closed on holidays. There are bait shops and restrooms. The bait shop has snacks and drinks in addition to live shrimp, live pinfish, and frozen squid and shrim...
The North Fishing Pierhas 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of fishing along the road before the pier begins and including the pier. The pier is about .7 miles long (1.1 km) in this spot. The South Fishing Pierhas a total of 3.3 miles (5.3 km) of fishing area and is far bigger. The main section of the pier over the water is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long. Of cours...
Not very crowded at all unless you arrive on a national holiday. The fishing piers are open 365 days a year, so you will find that holidays like 3-day weekends tend to bring more anglers to the piers. I just counted the cars on the google maps satellite snapshot and I see 54 vehicles on the South Fishing Pier and 21 vehicles on the Northern Fishing...
There are so many different fish you can catch at the piers, so it depends on what you are targeting with your rod/reel and line/bait. You can choose to target big fish or smaller ones. There are Goliath Groupers at the Sunshine Skyway that some say is as big as a Volkswagon Bug! That’s what they say. I’ve seen a couple of huge ones that were 6 fee...
That’s a heck of a name for it, isn’t it? But it IS the world’s largest fishing pier. The pier is an old bridge that connected St. Petersburg and Bradenton that is no longer used and the middle section has been destroyed (sunk) to create an amazing fishing reef stretching across the bottom of Tampa Bay. The entire area is great to fish at, as you’l...
Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is a Florida State Park located on the north and south sides of the mouth of Tampa Bay. When the original cantilevered Sunshine Skyway Bridge, carrying I-275 ( US 19 ), partially collapsed in 1980, due to the collision of a freighter on one of its pilings, it was replaced by the current bridges.
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Sep 27, 2023 · Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, based in Florida, is a fantastic location for both novice and experienced anglers. Known to be the world’s longest fishing pier, it provides fishermen with an unrivaled opportunity to catch various species of fish and sharks.
