Gandy Bridge Catwalk Fishing Reports 2008
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Gandy Bridge Catwalk Fishing Reports 2008
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-Tommy A-
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The last two weekends I've been out fishing at the Gandy Bridge. The pompano bite has been good and the mangrove snapper bite is red hot like every summer. Most of the snapper are just over legal size and you'll have to weed through to get some nice keepers but I've managed a number of fish pushing 13 inches. They will only get bigger as the summer progresses.
Here's a nice I posted in another thread.
This is a Doc's Jig with an additional teaser. As you can see many times a pompano will hit the teaser fly as often as they do the jig.
I've even caught a few snapper on the jigs, but I mostly use live shrimp or fresh dead shrimp pinched in half and threaded on the hook.
If you can cast net mojarra or chubs (mud minnows) from the flats leading up to the bridge on the St. Pete side. That is an even better bait.
Snapper candy right there.
Here's a nice I posted in another thread.
This is a Doc's Jig with an additional teaser. As you can see many times a pompano will hit the teaser fly as often as they do the jig.
I've even caught a few snapper on the jigs, but I mostly use live shrimp or fresh dead shrimp pinched in half and threaded on the hook.
If you can cast net mojarra or chubs (mud minnows) from the flats leading up to the bridge on the St. Pete side. That is an even better bait.
Snapper candy right there.
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Re: Gandy Bridge Catwalk Fishing Reports 2008
Is this place still open to the public? I heard they are doing some kind of repair.
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Re: Gandy Bridge Catwalk Fishing Reports 2008
The boardwalks and the Friendship Trail are closed. No news of late as to their fate. You can still fish the rocks that lead up to the bridge.