I spoke with the North Skyway Fishing Pier in St. Petersburg and Big Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach this afternoon. The fishing is recovering nicely in both places. The Skyway Pier says the fishing is starting to get reel good with fishermen catching undersized grouper and lots of spanish mackerel. Live shrimp or whatever bait fish you can cast net or sabiki up in the area will work best. There are also reports of reels being "blown up", by what are almost certainly large kingfish. At Big Pier 60, spanish mackerel and silver trout are keeping fishermen busy. Live shrimp work best for the silver trout, Clarkspoons or Got-Cha Jigs will get the spanish mackerel. For more information contact;
North Skyway Fishing Pier
727-865-0668
10501 Sunshine Skyway Bridge
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
www.skywaypiers.com/
Big Pier 60
727-462-6466
Clearwater Beach, FL
