I spoke with the North Skyway Fishing Pier in the mouth of Tampa Bay this morning. They were telling me that fishing is good with spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, grouper, and flounder being caught. The spanish mackerel are hitting small silver spoons and Goy-Cha Plugs, worked quickly through the water, or greenbacks free lined or under a float.If you fish with greenbacks, use either a short piece of wire leader or long shanked hooks, along with 30lb leader, to keep from getting cut off. Look for diving birds and schools of bait fish to locate the macks. Mangrove snapper are around the pylons and rubble piles on the bottom. Greenbacks, shrimp, small whitebait, and pinfish are the best baits. Use smaller hooks, circle hooks work well, and 6' of fluorocarbon leader to trick these bait stealer's. Keep a finger on your line and when you feel a tap, reel like crazy! Good numbers of grouper are being caught, but most are shorts. Drift a greenback or pinfish out to the rubble piles, on the bottom, to catch grouper. A few flounder are being taken by anglers bouncing shrimp, mud minnows or other small baits across the bottom. Look for the flounder on sandy bottom where the water ebbs around the pylons and other structure. The best fishing times will be an hour before, until an hour after a tide change. For more information contact;
North Skyway Fishing Pier
727-865-0668
10501 Sunshine Skyway Bridge
St Petersburg, FL 33711
http://www.skywaypiers.com/
