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Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — North Pier

Pinellas · pier

Open

24 hours a day, 365 days a year$4 per vehicle plus $4 per adult (state park entry); park beside your fishing spot on the pier.

Good for

Target species

Spanish mackerel Mangrove snapper Cobia Sheepshead Tarpon

Style

pierbridgedeep channelstructure

Officially listed features

24 hoursbait shop on siterestrooms

From the official source linked below.

General guidance: The pier is the old bridge span along the shipping channel; its pilings and rubble hold mangrove snapper and sheepshead, and Spanish mackerel and cobia pass through warm months.

Wind & weather

Mon, 2 AMNNE 24 mphgusts 2672° · Rain 0%Partly Cloudy

Mon, 5 AMNE 24 mphgusts 2572° · Rain 0%Mostly Clear

Mon, 8 AMNNE 23 mphgusts 2572° · Rain 1%Sunny

Mon, 11 AMNE 23 mphgusts 2676° · Rain 0%Sunny

Mon, 2 PMNE 22 mphgusts 2679° · Rain 1%Sunny

Mon, 5 PMNE 23 mphgusts 2980° · Rain 3%Mostly Sunny

Mon, 8 PMNNE 23 mphgusts 2877° · Rain 0%Partly Cloudy

Mon, 11 PMNNE 23 mphgusts 2473° · Rain 0%Partly Cloudy

Tue, 2 AMNNE 21 mphgusts 2371° · Rain 0%Partly Cloudy

Tue, 5 AMNNE 22 mph71° · Rain 0%Partly Cloudy

Tue, 8 AMNNE 20 mphgusts 2271° · Rain 2%Mostly Sunny

Tue, 11 AMNE 20 mphgusts 2375° · Rain 2%Sunny

Tue, 2 PMNE 21 mphgusts 2579° · Rain 6%Sunny

Tue, 5 PMENE 24 mphgusts 3081° · Rain 6%Mostly Sunny

Tue, 8 PMNE 22 mphgusts 2678° · Rain 4%Mostly Clear

Tue, 11 PMNE 22 mphgusts 2474° · Rain 4%Mostly Clear

Forecast from National Weather Service, updated Oct 25, 7:36 PM ET

Skyway Fishing Pier stretching across Tampa Bay — Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Conditions can change; check the official source before you go.

Status	Open
Status note	Florida State Parks lists the pier open 24 hours, 365 days a year; its only posted notice (effective Mar 16, 2026) concerns the SOUTH pier (no power, limited bait shop and night lighting). Annual online Skyway Pier education course required to fish.
Address	4905 34th St. S. #5000, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (state park address)
Hours	24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Parking / fees	$4 per vehicle plus $4 per adult (state park entry); park beside your fishing spot on the pier.
Amenities	Bait and fishing supplies, Snacks and drinks, Restrooms
Fishing license	Florida State Parks: the Skyway Fishing Pier online education course is required annually to fish on the pier. Fishing license: who needs one

Last checked Oct 2026 from Florida State Parks: Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

Fish to target here

General habitat guidance; confirm access and regulations before fishing.

Sheepshead The pier is the old bridge span along the shipping channel; its pilings and rubble hold mangrove snapper and sheepshead, and Spanish mackerel and cobia pass through warm months.
Spanish mackerel Deep channel water at the bay mouth lets anglers search multiple depths with spoons for passing mackerel.
Mangrove snapper The long bay-mouth pier provides structure beside deep channel water for weighted snapper baits.
Tarpon The pier is the old bridge span along the shipping channel; its pilings and rubble hold mangrove snapper and sheepshead, and Spanish mackerel and cobia pass through warm months.
Cobia Deep channel water at the bay mouth provides a place to watch for cruising cobia beside pier structure.

Tide chart, next 48 hours

Predictions from NOAA station Tierra Verde (8726428). Times are local (EST/EDT). Updated when the site rebuilds.

7-day high/low table

Station: Tierra Verde (8726428) · 4.2 km away. Heights in feet above MLLW; station local time (EST/EDT). Predictions are not observed conditions.

Date / time	Tide	Feet
2026-10-26 00:07	High	2.695
2026-10-26 07:17	Low	-0.143
2026-10-26 14:03	High	1.938
2026-10-26 18:33	Low	1.28
2026-10-27 00:32	High	2.875
2026-10-27 08:03	Low	-0.291
2026-10-27 15:03	High	1.786
2026-10-27 18:53	Low	1.376
2026-10-28 01:02	High	2.993
2026-10-28 08:54	Low	-0.327
2026-10-28 16:09	High	1.627
2026-10-28 19:07	Low	1.426
2026-10-29 01:37	High	3.024
2026-10-29 09:48	Low	-0.26
2026-10-30 02:20	High	2.954
2026-10-30 10:48	Low	-0.116
2026-10-31 03:13	High	2.784
2026-10-31 11:57	Low	0.065
2026-11-01 03:18	High	2.536
2026-11-01 12:16	Low	0.23

not present/background (0-1,000)

Red tide (FWC samples, last 8 days)

Nearest sample: Maximo Park (Lower Tampa Bay), Oct 21 2026; not present/background (0-1,000); 3.6 km away. Maximum within 15 km: not present/background (0-1,000) (12 samples).

Samples are point-in-time observations; missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Check FWC’s current report.

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