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Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

27.68°N · 82.68°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
ENE · gusty
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 3kn ENE G13. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 75.6°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Sheepshead
Retention open
Daily limit
8 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12"
Gear
Legal gear: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 inches total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Open year-round.
Other species here
Gray Snapper Retention openRed Drum Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~3 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Pier
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
The state park manages the old Skyway bridge approaches as fishing piers, reached off I-275. A daily fee covers drive-on parking at the pier.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Sabiki for bait, then live bait fished on the bottom

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About Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is a public fishing pier near St. Petersburg that extends over open water in the Tampa Bay region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Sheepshead lead the year from January through March, followed by Spanish Mackerel in March through May and again in September and October, and Spotted Seatrout in March–April and October–November. Common Snook peak from April through June, Gray Snapper hold from May through August, and Red Drum arrive in August and September. Around the pier's pilings, anglers target Gray Snapper and Sheepshead with bottom fishing, using live shrimp and knocker rigs for snapper and live fiddler crabs, sand fleas, or oysters for sheepshead. Spanish Mackerel respond to casting small spoons and metal jigs, while Snook and Red Drum take live bait fishing with live scaled sardines, live pinfish, and live pilchards.

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