Frank Miller and all the volunteers of “Save the Gandy” kept the bridge away from the wrecking ball back at the turn of the century. That organization became the Gandy Bridge and Friendship Trail Corporation, a non-profit created to keep Frienship TrailBridge alive. Our mission is to fund the operation and maintenance of the bridge, which [...]
The Redington Long Pier extends over 1,000 feet into the gulf. Pier owner Tony Antonious charges $2 to walk out there, and $10 to fish along the pier. In the 4th of July edition of the St. Pete Times, Outdoor editor Terry Tomalin says he was kicked off Redington Long Pier by some tarpon fishermen. “Hi,” [...]
Our friend Trevor knows fishing. Especially fishing in and around Tampa Bay. In fact, he’s the guy behind the great Tampa Bay fishing site called Tampa Bay Fish. But even better than a website about fishing would be a map of where to catch some dinner. So TrevorOK created a googlemap of Fishing Hot Spots in [...]
I recently rediscovered the Courtney Campbell Causeway. You rarely hear about this bridge’s beauty these days. Normally the only mention that you hear of it is when there is a fatal crash or a well known figure is arrested there. The causeway is the northernmost bridge over Old Tampa Bay linking Pinellas [...]
Rivercrest Park is located in the South Seminole Heights neighborhood north of downtown Tampa. From the City of Tampa website: Rivercrest Park runs along much of the Hillsborough River as it winds its way from Hillsborough Avenue to Martin Luther King Boulevard. Park amenities include a pier, playground area, picnic tables and grills. One of the [...]
If a National Park was being devastated by 15,000 tire tracks slashing up an ecologically valuable area, we’d put a stop to it. So what are we going to do about our own Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve? Its shallow seagrass meadows are being chewed UP by motor boats which have caused an estimated 15,000 propeller [...]
Ever since we stopped pouring raw sewage into Tampa Bay, the seagrass has been gradually recovering. But that rosy bay-wide picture (reported in the Tribune) misses the cancerous devastation spreading through the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve. At Thursday’s meeting of the Agency on Bay Management (ABM), scientists displayed ghastly photos documenting the extensive damage done [...]
If you can get through the smoke, you can find the fish. Early morning and afternoon fishing are going to be your best bets this weekend. Tarpon are still a great target for some real excitement. In the coming days we should see an increase in the Tarpon activity under the Gandy Bridges. Kings [...]
Tarpon If it’s May in Tampa, we’re catching Tarpon. Tarpon are showing at Gandy Bridge with a few catches reported between 60-80lbs. Morning and afternoon are best time to chase these great fighting fish. Tarpon Fishing will pick up all throughout the entire month of May, and with the temperature beginning to rise we [...]
