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On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:00:46 -0500, John H.
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When we lived in Tampa there was a lot of tarpon fishing going on. This was in early
'70s. I never went because I'd heard they weren't much to eat. I didn't have a boat
at the time. A friend and I would go to the south end of the Sunshine Skyway bridge,
walk out into the inlet and catch a mess of trout using shrimp as bait.

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That's still a very popular fishing spot but I don't know what they
catch. They've turned both ends of the old bridge into fishing piers
and recreational areas. Florida is good about that sort of thing. In
New York they would have put up no parking signs and torn the whole
thing down.

Yes, I always thought it commendable what Florida did with the pier.
But they're not keeping the bridge spans structurally sound.
About 5-6 years ago they closed the eastern side of the piers because of
that. The western side is 17 years newer, but its time will come.
Cutting the available space in half made it much less attractive for me.