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Post by seabird on May 1, 2020 11:48:47 GMT -5
Saw on a number of media sources...Channel 13 and Bay News 9...that FL state parks opening up. Not quite sure yet if the Skyway Piers will reopen that day...will keep watching.
Changed the title of the thread as the Skyway piers will be open starting 8 am May 4th. More details later.
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Post by parkpass on May 1, 2020 20:44:58 GMT -5
That's what's been reported, but I'm more curious about the beaches reopening....Ventura Beach in Cali opened and the crowd was estimated at 80,000....ha. Pinellas said there will be around 100 deputies stationed at the beach access points.....wouldn't want that duty for those wages......let the bodies hit the floor
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Post by SkyJay on May 2, 2020 5:10:14 GMT -5
ditto
let the bodies hit the floor
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Post by seabird on May 2, 2020 7:33:13 GMT -5
From a couple of fishing groups on FB, Saw news that skyway piers open up at 8am Monday the 4th at 50 per cent capacity. No information on length of pier hours. Please be careful and keep your distance out there. Fish on!
Later info...piers open 24 × 7 after initial Monday open. Not sure how they will measure 50 percent capacity.
Note: The reopening information comes from skyway piers management.
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Post by seabird on May 2, 2020 9:18:58 GMT -5
ditto let the bodies hit the floor I am not going to rush right out there. Will bide my time and take extra care. It's more than my life but my wife's too as she has a number of serious medical conditions. |
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Post by parkpass on May 2, 2020 12:33:24 GMT -5
50% capacity...ha...more like incapacity trying to enforce that. Pull a number out of your butt and call it 50%
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Post by carey on May 3, 2020 8:36:30 GMT -5
I imagine it will be more crowded than the usual because people are tired of being stuck at home. I practice social distancing every time I fish out there regardless. I get annoyed as bloody hell when someone pulls right up next to me when there is tons of room and rock piles open to fish. Between the crowds and dolphins I have become a week night only fisherman. Screw the day time crowds and dolphins. Maybe we can train some kamikaze pelicans to dive bomb them with a gullet full of dynamite.
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Post by sigeptrooper02 on May 3, 2020 14:38:38 GMT -5
Hey do you guys know of the the pier will be back to 24 hour operations or just open during the day? I’m tracking the 50%capacity part. Looking at tide charts, I see a decent window around sunset on Thursday for pulling big mangoes out of the rock piles
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Post by parkpass on May 3, 2020 15:59:27 GMT -5
Don't know yet, but we will tomorrow. I might ease out there and see what's up, even though tomorrow is not a good day for catching fish....but Wed and Thurs is
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 1:38:51 GMT -5
Hey do you guys know of the the pier will be back to 24 hour operations or just open during the day? I’m tracking the 50%capacity part. Looking at tide charts, I see a decent window around sunset on Thursday for pulling big mangoes out of the rock piles  |
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Post by parkpass on May 4, 2020 10:35:23 GMT -5
Don't believe what you read on that website, my bud called the SSP bait shop this morning...they are open....said it's 24/7 starting today
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Post by yankeeredneck on May 4, 2020 11:53:04 GMT -5
I have to say, I am disgusted w humanity ! Sanibel causeways opened last week, I went fishing Sunday from the shore. Some people are just f###ing pigs, I'm soo disgusted. Baby diapers, hundreds of cans, everything you can imagine thrown on the ground with no regard. I think when I was a kid my father (or mother) would have slapped the crap out of me if I littered. I wish I was law enforcement, I would ticket every son of a bitch out there. Generally I would pick up what I can but just got a new Caddy and had no empty bags. Let's hope if the state or county's are opening that they will be fully staffed and take care of business. Our pier is not much better and some of the clients are the same. I just don't understand how people can pollute and walk away feeling ok with themselves.
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 12:05:18 GMT -5
Don't believe what you read on that website, my bud called the SSP bait shop this morning...they are open....said it's 24/7 starting today EDIT: Park is correct. Pier Employees are saying 24-7. let the slaying commence. |
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Post by Flatsrunner on May 4, 2020 13:51:44 GMT -5
I have to say, I am disgusted w humanity ! Sanibel causeways opened last week, I went fishing Sunday from the shore. Some people are just f###ing pigs, I'm soo disgusted. Baby diapers, hundreds of cans, everything you can imagine thrown on the ground with no regard. I think when I was a kid my father (or mother) would have slapped the crap out of me if I littered. I wish I was law enforcement, I would ticket every son of a bitch out there. Generally I would pick up what I can but just got a new Caddy and had no empty bags. Let's hope if the state or county's are opening that they will be fully staffed and take care of business. Our pier is not much better and some of the clients are the same. I just don't understand how people can pollute and walk away feeling ok with themselves. People that do that kind of crap(litter) Live the same way,Their cars are full and their houses are the same way,Yards look like they have a yard sale going on all year and only find new stuff when they are forced to mow.Dealt with that for years doing utilities work.  |
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Post by phishead on May 4, 2020 14:01:09 GMT -5
I have to say, I am disgusted w humanity ! Sanibel causeways opened last week, I went fishing Sunday from the shore. Some people are just f###ing pigs, I'm soo disgusted. Baby diapers, hundreds of cans, everything you can imagine thrown on the ground with no regard. I think when I was a kid my father (or mother) would have slapped the crap out of me if I littered. I wish I was law enforcement, I would ticket every son of a bitch out there. Generally I would pick up what I can but just got a new Caddy and had no empty bags. Let's hope if the state or county's are opening that they will be fully staffed and take care of business. Our pier is not much better and some of the clients are the same. I just don't understand how people can pollute and walk away feeling ok with themselves. Last year, I watched volunteers clean Gandy St Pete side. A family was there and watched as the dad left behind a bottle of dish cleaner. Yes, great stuff for the environment. Normally I don't say anything but this time I did. I said. Hey buddy did you not see the volunteers cleaning up. He did pick it up with an attitude. |
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 14:58:34 GMT -5
just another day out there.
riff raff city fri sat and holidays
get up and leave a giant mess
to blow in the water, or for someone
else to clean up, with a trash can yards
away.
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 17:42:49 GMT -5
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Post by Mackerelman on May 4, 2020 17:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by sigeptrooper02 on May 4, 2020 18:34:30 GMT -5
Is there still a line to get on the pier? Heard they hit capacity early this morning and have been doing “ one off, one on” all day? Just curious if it’s died down at all. I’m considering going out there Thursday evening and fishing into the night until I get my snapper limit, but I don’t want to wait just to get on the pier
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 18:37:58 GMT -5
if ya got an old paystub somewhere
there should be a number to call
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Post by parkpass on May 4, 2020 18:40:31 GMT -5
Limited to 200 vehicles, I doubt there will be a wait to get on by then....it's 24/7 again, but lookout this weekend
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Post by sigeptrooper02 on May 4, 2020 18:57:58 GMT -5
Limited to 200 vehicles, I doubt there will be a wait to get on by then....it's 24/7 again, but lookout this weekend That’s why I picked Thursday- also will be a tide flip close to sunset - don’t think it will take me long to get my mangoes! |
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Post by SkyJay on May 4, 2020 21:58:49 GMT -5
bring yer sinkers lol
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Post by sigeptrooper02 on May 5, 2020 6:09:36 GMT -5
[b Ya it’s gonna be ripping, but I’ll get a good hour before and another after the tide flip. That’s all I need to get my mangoes! |
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