Those little fish around your light were ballyhoo. They're excellent bait. The shark was a bonnethead, a close but smaller relative to hammerheads. You can tell by the rounded head. Hammerheads are flatter in front. Bonnetheads are pretty good to eat. Great for ceviche.
@@flygreenturtle1429 that spot on the side is the giveaway that it's a lane snapper. Mutton snapper have it too but that was a lane. You definitely could have been given a ticket for keeping it.
Greatest video I have seen! Very funny and entertaining. I too don’t know what I am doing when I go fishing but I still have plenty of fun doing it. Thanks for your video!!!!
The skyway is only productive if you know where and when the bites happen. Lots of grouper and mackerel caught there nearly everyday. For mackerel you need shiny lures or small live baits, the grouper eat those big pinfish you dumped back, bring crabs for sheepshead. we get pompano and mackerel just throwing jigs .
Thank you for the information! I wish you were with us on the pier. We’re from the Midwest and we didn’t know what we were catching or how to catch them. We simply imitated other around us.
You're welcome! I'm originally from the midwest myself, but I've been in Florida for 5 years now. Still figuring it all out though really. Good luck in your adventures!
@@wiiwanna they come through heavy in the spring and fall ,but some are being caught right now from anna maria all the way up to anclote river. Red tide did impact the migration some this year though. De Soto bay side pier also holds lots of pomps. But the rails are packed, have to get there early.
there are other bridges that are free .. smaller bridges that have a walkway for fishing along the side of them ... also you had a kayak you could have just parked on one side there a rest area and you can launch from the beach there.. paddle out a ways from the bridge look for rocks or small structure and drop live pinfish for grouper .. or just use the shrimp you have .. .. also your chum was insufficient.. you need generally a 1/2lb or full pound block of frozen chum (it lasts longer as it melts) search .. florida wooden boat fishing.. he does a lot of bridge fishing as well i hit skyway once last year when i was visiting my brother in ocala.. i took the 2 hour + trip from ocala.. just to fish the skyway.. hooked into a damn goliath.. got him up to the surface of the water .. we saw each other.. and he apparently didnt like the look of me.. went straight down and broke my 30lb braid :) so you can catch or at least hook some big fish off skyway :)
Those are 2/0 sabikis I think. The /0 is like the 00 buck shot, it means big. You want like number six either red or green or both. Look up the saltwater reg brochure! Fdub would not like to see an undersized lane in a “tank” next to a bucket of shrimp, just want you to have fun exploring and catching! Not in trouble with Johnny Law because FWC doesn’t play and I would hate for a court date to give you a bad taste about what you’re doing. It’s cool to see you’re excitement and interest and soon enough you’ll be hooked lol
Do you mean it has all kinds of fish or the pier had too many people? It was pretty crowded during the day. If you mean we didn’t know what we were doing, I agree. 😂
Skyway isn't worth it for unless Bonita runs. But there alot of other spot/bridges that are like 100% better than skyway around tampa bay. Hint Google map is your best friend
If you are implying that we don't know how to fish the pier, I agree with you a hundred percent. That was the first time for us. We will be back again. The entire time we were there we saw one guy catch one sheepshead. It might have been a bad fishing day. We tried crankbaits and jigs, but didn't put it in the video.
@@flygreenturtle1429 I know it's a very good eating fish. I am simply asking just so I could gain some knowledge sir. No need to belittle someone just for asking a question.
@@kennyblazeable We weren’t trying to belittle you. This was our first time fishing in Florida pier and we don’t know the different species, being from the Midwest. That was a good honest question.
Fishes around the Skyway pier are very used to see that kind of activities every day. They are not scared at all. From a guy that fish on the pier for VERY LONG TIME
Those little fish around your light were ballyhoo. They're excellent bait. The shark was a bonnethead, a close but smaller relative to hammerheads. You can tell by the rounded head. Hammerheads are flatter in front. Bonnetheads are pretty good to eat. Great for ceviche.
That first fish you called a croaker is a lane snapper. They have to be 8 inches to keep. Be careful. The FWC does come around the skyway.
Thanks, appreciate your help. For some reason I thought it was a bait fish. I’ll take a closer look at the fish on the video.
@@flygreenturtle1429 that spot on the side is the giveaway that it's a lane snapper. Mutton snapper have it too but that was a lane. You definitely could have been given a ticket for keeping it.
Greatest video I have seen!
Very funny and entertaining. I too don’t know what I am doing when I go fishing but I still have plenty of fun doing it. Thanks for your video!!!!
I know what you mean. It’s great enjoying the outdoors.
That was one of the most entertaining fishing videos I've seen lol
Thank you. Much appreciated.
The skyway is only productive if you know where and when the bites happen. Lots of grouper and mackerel caught there nearly everyday. For mackerel you need shiny lures or small live baits, the grouper eat those big pinfish you dumped back, bring crabs for sheepshead. we get pompano and mackerel just throwing jigs .
Thank you for the information! I wish you were with us on the pier. We’re from the Midwest and we didn’t know what we were catching or how to catch them. We simply imitated other around us.
You're welcome! I'm originally from the midwest myself, but I've been in Florida for 5 years now. Still figuring it all out though really. Good luck in your adventures!
Hi Miranda when do the pompano run through the the skyway?
@@wiiwanna they come through heavy in the spring and fall ,but some are being caught right now from anna maria all the way up to anclote river. Red tide did impact the migration some this year though. De Soto bay side pier also holds lots of pomps. But the rails are packed, have to get there early.
Glad you guys seemed to have fun. Unfortunately for the past year Sunshine SW Pier fishing has been hit and miss and mostly miss.
You’re right! We went two different times and only caught bait fish and no one else was catching.
new friend from hongkong,, thanks sharing vidio
Thank you for checking us out.
there are other bridges that are free .. smaller bridges that have a walkway for fishing along the side of them ... also you had a kayak you could have just parked on one side there a rest area and you can launch from the beach there.. paddle out a ways from the bridge look for rocks or small structure and drop live pinfish for grouper .. or just use the shrimp you have .. .. also your chum was insufficient.. you need generally a 1/2lb or full pound block of frozen chum (it lasts longer as it melts) search .. florida wooden boat fishing.. he does a lot of bridge fishing as well i hit skyway once last year when i was visiting my brother in ocala.. i took the 2 hour + trip from ocala.. just to fish the skyway.. hooked into a damn goliath.. got him up to the surface of the water .. we saw each other.. and he apparently didnt like the look of me.. went straight down and broke my 30lb braid :) so you can catch or at least hook some big fish off skyway :)
Thanks for the tip!. We’ll be back in Florida for sure. We’ll try other fishing piers.
We made chum out of what we had at hand and what someone gave us.
That was enough chum to draw in baitfish and which will draw in the bigger fish. Nice on the fly idea
Good video friend , was just checking out your channel and i joined up
Thank you. We have more videos from Florida trip.
Yeah..bad time storm and Moon cycle ..I was out there 3 weeks ago had keepers .. snappers..jacks..grouper and markerel..
Are you using an Aerator/Bubbler? If not, that's why you lost your shrimp
You’re right, I forgot to use the aerator. Good point.
cool vid! got yourself a new sub
Awesome thank you!
Those are 2/0 sabikis I think. The /0 is like the 00 buck shot, it means big. You want like number six either red or green or both. Look up the saltwater reg brochure! Fdub would not like to see an undersized lane in a “tank” next to a bucket of shrimp, just want you to have fun exploring and catching! Not in trouble with Johnny Law because FWC doesn’t play and I would hate for a court date to give you a bad taste about what you’re doing. It’s cool to see you’re excitement and interest and soon enough you’ll be hooked lol
What camera do you use ?
Sony FDR-AX53.
Birds don’t have gag reflexes. It won’t choke.
That’s cool. I didn’t know that. Thanks.
This fish is call lane snapped has to be 8 inch
It’s a bonet shark, most likely there everywhere around skyway.
That was a bonnet head shark...looks similar to Hammerheads.
You’re right. We learned about the two different sharks later in the trip. Thanks.
The skyway is full of bait fish so you don’t have to worry
1st fish : lane snapper
Illegal to use as bait. Too small ‼️‼️
@@gabrielmarquez9783 Lanes have to be 8 inches, but if you wanted to use one that was legal size for bait, you can.
It’s like asking if going to Walmart is worth it
Do you mean it has all kinds of fish or the pier had too many people? It was pretty crowded during the day. If you mean we didn’t know what we were doing, I agree. 😂
@@flygreenturtle1429 no nothing against you lol. Go there to fish and end up just dealing with crazies and people watching
I guess there no fishing any catches a fishes, that’s suck! Then I won’t go to fishing there.😅
Not a hammerhead but a bonnet head shark
That’s called a Lang snapper
Ty. We thought it was a bait fish.
I believe it is called Lane Snapper
Skyway isn't worth it for unless Bonita runs. But there alot of other spot/bridges that are like 100% better than skyway around tampa bay. Hint Google map is your best friend
Thanks for the tip 👍
@@flygreenturtle1429 welcome!!!
A GUY SAID THE SKYWAY PIER IS BAD ????? buddy... i didnt see you free line, or use crankbaits, or plugs or anything. you gotta fish the pier.
If you are implying that we don't know how to fish the pier, I agree with you a hundred percent. That was the first time for us. We will be back again. The entire time we were there we saw one guy catch one sheepshead. It might have been a bad fishing day. We tried crankbaits and jigs, but didn't put it in the video.
Anyone ever used snappers as baitfish before?
That tells you how much we know about ocean fishing. We don’t know the difference between bait fish and desirable fish.
@@flygreenturtle1429 I know it's a very good eating fish. I am simply asking just so I could gain some knowledge sir. No need to belittle someone just for asking a question.
@@kennyblazeable We weren’t trying to belittle you. This was our first time fishing in Florida pier and we don’t know the different species, being from the Midwest. That was a good honest question.
I just read through my first reply again and I can see how it might’ve been taken negatively. Sorry about that.
@@flygreenturtle1429 one love. From Jamaica.
2nd fish : brown grunt aka pigfish
Skyway can be a real adventure...you can lose fish of a lifetime all night long...
There’s big fish at skyway, you don’t know if a small snapper will eat your pinfish or a 100 pound grouper. You need to have a heavy setup.
@@eugeneabreut960 monsters
The boats be there every morning it's very ignorant ppl trying to fish on the pier an boats come by non stop scare all the fish away..
Fishes around the Skyway pier are very used to see that kind of activities every day. They are not scared at all. From a guy that fish on the pier for VERY LONG TIME
The hammer head was a Bonet head.
You are dead on. We found out the difference later in the trip. Thanks.
Fake it till you make it
Fish stole by bird : french grunt
Nope
Sucks
If you spend more time fishing and less time playing around with those gadgets you had you might catch something