PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will discuss approving final rules regulating fishing at Skyway Fishing Pier to save pelicans on Wednesday.

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Jay Cross is probably the most knowledgeable angler that fishes the Skyway Fishing Piers. “I’ll get off work and fish for a little while. It all depends how the fishing is going,” Cross, who is known ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host a virtual workshop this week to gather public input on proposed changes to fishing regulations at Skyway ...

The new rules are meant to prevent pelicans and other seabirds from becoming snagged in fishing gear at the busy angling spot. A wildlife sign hangs from the wall as Ashleigh Hall, 36, sports her ...

In three weeks, hundreds of boats will take to the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay in search of one large kingfish that could win them over $100,000. This year’s 31st Annual Old ...

The entrance to the south Skyway fishing pier runs alongside Interstate 275 in Manatee County in this September 2024 Bradenton Herald file photo. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] A stretch of ...

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Nearly half of the south Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — located on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge — is set to close indefinitely. The Florida State Parks website, run by the ...