You forgot to mention you can stay 24 hours

Go to the end of the south side pier looking at the end of pier on your left side. 50 yards from end 30 yards out there is a reef. Throw live pin fish if possible.

I be out there this evening.

The shit should not get overlooked, this guy just dropped the most solid tip on here.

I’m visiting the area this april. Any suggestions to get away from the crowd. Wouldn’t mind going north

Lol yeah bro at least you got the skyway piers figured out. Takes time, trial and error!

I did give you a mention in there bro! You're gonna have to take me up there and show me how it's done.

@@hookedonthebay3890 years and years of time put in on that pier.

@@RadReelingFishing we can get out there for sure.

@@Saltyscales till Flipper shows up...lol!

Hey there my friend. It's good to see you still watching a video here! I'm sure I'll be back there again sometime. I'd really like to say I caught a Gag Grouper on the Skyway.

@@RadReelingFishing Heck yeah. I never miss a video. Almost time for the keeper sheeper videos.

@@floridalawdog Ha ha...I'm trying to get some keepers. I fished the Bridge Street Pier 3 times this week, Sheepshead all over that pier. I learned from a regular there today how to catch them. Barnacles seems to be the fast track in that spot.

Lol this guy doing the video wears “huk” shirts and polarized sunglasses while he does regular errands- I’ve never seen someone who actually fishes complain as much as this guy is doing

If you think none of Tampa bay is good then you just suck at fishing. Plenty of people still catch loads of snook tarpon and reds in Tampa bay.

Thanks for watching.

I think like 25 or so died. Most was from a bus load of people. Or so that is what I remember reading about it in the past.

Yeah, at Jetties area got hit hard with red tide for a long time. i've been fishing more north.

Thanks for sharing. Bush had dark green line and it didn't seem to be making a difference with the dolphins, good in theory, but not the case when we were fishing.

@@RadReelingFishing lol i used to have a hi vis yellow line with pinfish 100 yrds out and the darn flipper checks my line out and track it all they way to the bait to be snatched it. 9/10 same scenarios. Green and white seems to have work well for me they have a hard time tracking the line unless they see the splash in the water when you cast it. 40/60 when i switched lines.

@@RadReelingFishing i used to loved dolphins before. But when i started to learn how to fish, their like jack assess of the ocean. My friend even reel the pinfish up the pier the the darn flipper jumped to snatched it. Lol my friend almost dropped my set up on the water. Lol.

Why won’t you just target another fish and use a swimbaif

Thanks for commenting. I remember that day at Lido. That's the only big jack I've ever caught there. Thanks for being a longtime subscriber.

What is the potato chip method? I've tried googling it, and haven't come up with anything.

@@jasonlyles8689 Hi Jason. All you have to do is scale the belly section on a greenback. The skin underneath is incredibly shiny. Cut out the belly section in the shape of a potato chip. I just threw it on a hook and tossed it in. I might have been using a small split shot. It was so shiny I could see it flashing underwater. A mackerel nailed it within seconds. The potato chips stood out like a sore thumb among the schools of baitfish. They flash like a mirror. Good luck. I hope you nail them like we did.

@@fredphillips8336 What do you mean when you say cut the belly out? Do u basically mean to cut the head and tail off?

Thanks for watching, and for taking the time to share your experience. I'll see if the sell the book on Amazon.

@@RadReelingFishing Thank you for your reply! The book is shown on the Internet. It was published in January 1964 so be sure to obtain that original edition. I no longer have access to my copy of the book, but it was my Snook fishing bible back in the 1960's. Much of the information in the book would now be historical and the Pinellas County/Manatee info would be virtually unknown to all but us oldtimers. I would assume that fishing on any of the Sunshine Skyway system bridges is now prohibited. Back in the 1960's, we could fish up on any of those bridges along the sidewalks. I recall knowing that there was a swift current that ran underneath the (Skyway) Bunces Pass Bridge and the Snook and Cobia would be lined up there at night at the incoming tide to capture baitfish, That was over 55 years ago. Earl Downey, in his book, tells several VERY INTERESTING fish stories of his experiences while fishing on/at the main span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (on the Manatee side). This was back when there was only one bridge span with two-way traffic on it--- before the second span was built in the mid-1960's allowing for one-way traffic on each span. One of the fish stories that Mr. Downey told was a "sentimental" true story about a snook, "Old Sam", and I have not forgotten that story to this very day! Again, Sorry so Lengthy. -- John

@@johnwoa Thanks for taking the time to add a comment of value. It sounds like the good old days. Forty years ago when I started Snook fishing I recall seeing them lined up in the shadows of some bridges inches from one another, like fifty or more in a row...

It was the southbound span of the old Sunshine Skyway which opened in 1971 after its opening was delayed by two years due to cracks found in a major channel pier (the pier that remained standing after the collision with the Summit Venture, known as Pier 1-S - it’s the main channel pier that’s different than the three major channel piers) which costed Florida taxpayers $3 million to fix.

I made this night fishing video there, ha ha kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZuebMels-Cdqmw.htmlsi=l6i07YtmpjaG0t9Q

Wouldn't that be an incredible pile of rocks to fish if they wrecked that other span right next to the pier.

@@RadReelingFishing it would be awesome and take pressure off the gulf side rock piles. It would also be nice if they weeded out non fisherman. On weekend half the people just hang out getting stoned and blasting music. I always suggest pro go weekdays and at night you'll have much more space and be able to enjoy some solitude. The grouper and snapper are active at night, especially snapper. Snapper I'll use live or dead bait, from grouper I always used fist sized chunks of Lady fish or mackerel and dipped them in menhaden oil. Cast just short of the rock piles on an outgoing tide. If you don't catch one in 30-45min move to another pile.

If it's a yellow rod, yes it is.

Everytime I've been to the pier, there were always a ton of bait fish hiding in the shade under the bridge (green backs I guess). This in turn, brings in the fish we want to catch which is what the dolphins want to eat.

Great idea for sure.

I don't know, maybe Google does?

It's had a terrible impact on SW Florida.

Always a chance in Fl., plenty of them around.

That's so funny, I literally laughed out loud!

Aye you can fish before you come to that pier some people can't pay to go in don't have money is like 12$ to get in but. I haven't fish there in a wild might go and see what I get this weekend

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