Pier Fishing Guide
Pier Fishing Has its
Advantages!
 Welcome to Pier fishing
guide. I have been pier fishing 10 years or more
and I can personally say if you don't have a boat; it is
the next best thing. There
are many benefits to pier fishing, as we all know there
are also major set backs as there is to everything in
life.
There are
many tricks and techniques that can be used while pier fishing.
I have created the pier fishing guide to show other anglers,
some of the best rigs, tips and techniques.
I have found that the Skyway fishing piers in
St. Petersburg FL, in my opinion is one of the best fishing
piers in Florida. Located in central Florida, fishing in the
Tampa Bay with the recent artificial reef development has made
the fishing boom, fishing the mouth of the Tampa Bay gives you
the opportunity to catch a large variety of fish, a few for
example: grouper, mackerel, snook, tarpon, jacks,
cobia, sharks of many species etc...
Pier fisherman have many advantages the boaters don't have, we
are usually up quite high, so with the proper
polarized glasses you can see fish from great
distances, there is not an opportunity to get sea sick and we
don't have to spend 200 hundred dollars in gas chasing bait
because the majority of the time it is right under us.
The key to pier
fishing is location, you have to know where the
artificial reefs are or if there are any at all, If not you
should probably try and target piers that have some sort of
reef structure, structure holds fish. There are things that you
can try, if there is potential for the pier to be a good
fishing pier, than you can create your own mini artificial
reefs and mark where you put them and in a couple of weeks
there should be fish housing the structure.
Things to look for when looking for good fishing potential
area, is water flow, bait and structure. With these three
things you can't go wrong. Make sure whatever you use for your
artificial reef that it does not hurt the
environment, I would usually use some form of brick design,
with actual tree limbs or something in that nature.
If you are fishing a pier with reefs, there is another trick to
finding these reefs, you can go and do a satellite search, "
Terra Server is great for this" and zoom in on the area.
With this advantage you can use standing objects to pinpoint
the different reefs. Also if interested check out Fishing the Surf this site provides
information on surf fishing, tackle and rigs. Also be sure
to visit my Pier fishing blog for updated fishing
reports!
 Pier Fishing Forum - The pier fishing
forum is a great place to chat about all aspects of pier
fishing, surf fishing, freshwater fishing and more! It
also gives you the opportunity to meet enthusiastic people
like yourself who love the outdoors. People in this
community will teach you about different rigs, baits,
fishing techniques etc...The forum is always updated with
fresh local reports! Join our free fishing community
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