I spoke with the North Skyway Fishing Pier in the mouth of Tampa Bay today. They were telling me that the very hot weather recently has kept most of the fish and fisherman away. Almost all of fish that are biting are being caught between 6pm and 9am when temperatures cool a little. Short grouper and mangrove snapper are making up the majority of fish that are being caught. The grouper are hitting pinfish on the bottom during a strong tide. Snapper fishing is good and should be improving even more with the approaching full moon. Shrimp and small bait fish will produce a limit, (10" size limit, 5 fish/day), of nice sized mangos in a few hours. A few cobia and sharks are also being caught at the pier. Large pinfish will catch both. For more information contact;
North Skyway Fishing Pier
727-865-0668
10501 Sunshine Skyway Bridge
St Petersburg, FL 33711
http://www.skywaypiers.com/
