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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.
Best fishing times for Sunshine Skyway Bridge today Today is an excellent fishing day. Major fishing times. From 12:26am to 2:26am. Opposing lunar transit (moon down) From 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Lunar Transit (moon up) Minor fishing times. From 6:24am to 7:24am. Moonrise. From 8:37pm to 9:37pm. Moonset.
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Some of the most popular species found while fishing at this pier include snook, tarpon, grouper, black sea bass, Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, cobia, sheepshead, red snapper and pompano. Open 24 hours a day, visitors can enjoy stunning sunrise and sunsets every day of the year.
- What Is The Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier (State Park)?
- How Long Is The Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier?
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- What Fish Can You Catch at The Piers?
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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...
Learn what hours to go fishing at Skyway North Fishing Pier (Sunshine Skyway). Create a free account on Fishbrain to know the exact BiteTime™ (fishing forecast) for any fish, explore fishing spots, and save relevant baits to prepare for your next fishing trip.
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Jul 19, 2023 · Published July 19, 2023 | Updated July 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...
Apr 1, 2017 · Promoters of fishing there claim that the approaches to the old bridge are the longest fishing pier in the world, and therefore one can find dozens of anglers there on any given day. Among the fish species found near the piers are black sea bass, cobia, grouper, king mackerel, pompano, red snapper, sheepshead, snook, Spanish mackerel and tarpon.
