Learn more about the shore fishing in the Clearwater / St. Pete Beach, Florida area.
Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a huge fishing pier that can handle a lot of fishing pressure from a lot of anglers at once. The bridge is lighted at night and you can park your cars several feet from your fishing spot. This is a really unique fishing experience and the actual fishing can be really good at times too. If you or your group isn’t catching a lot of fish, it is still exciting because you will often see someone catching something impressive. Mix in the occasional shark or dolphin that swims by and it’s a really cool fishing experience.
https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/skyway-fishing-pier-state-park
Pier 60
Pier 60 is a good-sized pier and a very popular attraction int his area. The pier extends 1,080 feet and the bait house offers bait and tackle, souvenirs, t-shirts, drinks, snacks and even rental equipment. There are some nice catches caught from this pier.
Fort De Soto Park
Fort De Soto Park is a very nice and unique park for Florida. The park is the largest park within the Pinellas County Park System. It consists of more than 1,100 acres with five interconnected islands or keys that are home to mangroves, wetlands and many types of plants. This area is very popular for bird watchers since more than 300 species of birds have been spotted here. There is also a nice beach that is dog-friendly. Fishing opportunities are very good as you can launch your boat to fish a variety of good fishing spots and you can also fish from shore whether that be wade fishing in certain parts of the park or surf fishing the beach.
https://pinellas.gov/parks/fort-de-soto-park/
Merry Pier
Merry Pier is located in Pass-A-Grille, Florida and it is a very popular area in this part of Florida. Many fishing charters operate in this area and shore anglers fish right off the pier or nearby from the surf. A variety of fish are caught in this area here.
Fish the Beaches
There are miles upon miles of beaches to fish from the surf in this area. Take a look at the map below to get an idea of the beach access points in this area because some areas may have good fishing, but it may be a very long walk from the parking area to where you are actually going to be fishing. Other locations allow a very short walk to where you can fish. The Clearwater Beach area is going to be packed during the peak travel season, so be aware of this before planning a surf fishing outing to this area. You could spend 45 minutes or more just trying to park and you may not even be able to park where you want to fish.
