New 2 pole per person rule at the piers?

[goindeep]

I dont know how true this is, but it was posted by Sleepy on the "other" skyway forum.

They will be strictly enforcing a 2 fishing pole limit per person at the SKYWAY North and South Pier. This is long overdue. Each person is only allowed to have 2 Fishing pole in the water at one time. I do not yet know the penalty or fines, but I believe you will be asked to put some rods away if you are over the limit and if you don't comply you will be escorted off the pier by FWC or State Troooper

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO

we shall see.

[no1painter]

Deep which Forum are you refering to??? I checked Big Mikes and found nothing there.
Painter

[goindeep]

The forum this was posted at is the skyway forum at pierfishingguide.com

[goindeep]

Will do. Im goin to the SSP tomorrow morning for a few hours (Friday). Was supposed to go Wed but dislocated my shoulder Tues night and couldnt lift a beer let alone a fishing pole yesterday. Ill ask the guy at the baitshop about it.

[Tommy]

bigwman, get ahold of pierfish, he owns the site and will get ya sorted.

I just posted over at Bigmikes place about the new rule, maybe we'll have verified info soon.

[no1painter]

That site is messed up. I registered there to read the post and I could not log on either. Painter

[jab]

heck i have 5 to 6 poles out all day.

[Look'n4Tuna]

Same here... normally I have two rigged in the water and one with a sabiki on. Things are just starting to go down hill now. I haven't said much, because I really enjoy the piers and my kids LOVE going there. But I'm glad that the waters are cooling off. The reds and snook are coming in up in my area. and the trout are starting to look real good. But it is a shame... I was hoping to enjoy the piers for many years to come with my kids.

[Tommy]

I posted the two rod question at Bigmikes place>>

Username: BigMike
Message:
As far as i know its only on the weekends when they have much more anglers than during the weekdays. Now that the pier has less parking and more people fishing on one side i would think its only fair that everyone have some room to fish. I have seen weekends when one angler has ten rods up against the railing and only fishing with one or two. I am sure management received many complaints from paying customers like yourself that have no room to fish because somebody has lots of rods out, I know i would be a little upset but its not my call.
You can always contact the pier manager for more info on this matter.
727.865.0668

Tight lines my friend

[newyorker1]

I have seen people with 10 rods out, spaced out over 30 ft. I don't see how one person can handle all of these rods at one time . wonder if he got hits on 3 of them at once what one does he go for. while the other 2 are not attended to . have 2 rods out and the 3 rod for bait catching ,
tight lines newyorker1

[tylerdurden]

so how do they enforce that, before you actually get out on the pier, or do they come buy and look at how many you have out, cuz for those that like to keep a sabiki rigged up you could just keep that in the car till you need it maybe, or maybe having the poles sitting in the car with the windows down and the line hanging out of it....just an idea

[goindeep]

I doubt theyd say anything about how many rods you take with you or have in your possession. Alot of folks have different rods rigged for different fish. I think the enforcement would only be for rods that have lines in the water.

[sctaz]

That's when you tie on the spoon with the inside of the treble hooks sharpened to a fine edge.