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A maintenance construction project will be underway at the South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier Roadway, starting June 9. Crews ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has voted to approve staff recommendations for new rules for fishermen on the Skyway Fishing Pier. The rules come after ...
Angel Cruz frequents the Skyway Fishing Pier almost every day. He has discovered a few casts in the water could always produce a lifetime memory. With this in mind, he enjoys the quiet relaxing ...
PLANT CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — A suspect wanted for the murder of a man at the Sunshine Skyway South Fishing Pier has been arrested in Plant City, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
Detectives say the search for a man in connection to a 2022 homicide on the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier is over. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 34-year-old Alex Martinez in Plant City on Monday ...
Kim Begay is a volunteer with Friends of the Pelicans. She says the seabird entanglements on the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier, the longest pier in the world, are particularly bad. “Out on the skyway ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Anyone who is planning to take a trip to the Skyway Bridge Fishing Pier – heads up. Parts of the pier will be temporarily closed this week, park officials announced.
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Skyway Fishing Pier is the longest fishing pier in the world. Nearly 200,00 people visit each year. "It’s calm, a good place to decompress, and overall a good place ...
Starting Sunday, Oct. 1, if you plan to fish the Skyway Fishing Pier, there is an online educational course that is required to be passed to access the state park. Anglers online are posting mixed ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fishing at the Skyway Pier has new rules. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission passed the restrictions back in July, with the goal of preventing seabirds ...