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South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier

27.61°N · 82.65°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
-0.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
ESE · gusty
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 78 Good. Tide -0.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 6kn ESE G15. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 76.3°.

Why this score

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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
Common Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention openRed Drum 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
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Pier
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Enter from I-275 at the south (Manatee) end of the Skyway. Pay the fee and drive out onto the old bridge span to park next to where you fish.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Live bait on a heavy bottom rig near the bridge rubble

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About South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier

The South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier extends from the southern approach of the Sunshine Skyway into the Tampa Bay Region of Florida's Gulf state waters, giving anglers access to open bay water from a fixed pier. Spanish mackerel lead the spring and fall action, peaking March through May and again in September and October, when casting small spoons, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs works the moving schools. Sheepshead dominate the winter months from January through March, and bottom fishing with live fiddler crabs, sand fleas, or live shrimp tight to the pier pilings targets these structure-oriented fish. Gray snapper hold along the same structure from May through August and respond to bottom fishing with live shrimp, live pilchards, and knocker rigs. Common snook peak April through June, red drum run strongest in August and September, and spotted seatrout move through in March–April and October–November, with live bait fishing using live pinfish, live scaled sardines, and live shrimp covering all three.

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