Liz Vreeland with Save Our Seabirds Inc. rescued a young pelican from the South Skyway Fishing Pier after the bird got caught on a fishing hook. Vreeland says the holiday weekend will be busy at the pier. She rescued 500 birds from fishing line accidents last year. ...more

July 4, 2009

Manatee Sheriff's deputies say a Tampa man threw fishing weights and other objects at a boat off the South Skyway fishing pier Thursday. ...more

May 8, 2009

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

December 21, 2008

The main span of the Friendship TrailBridge, a linear parkway that crosses Tampa Bay parallel to Gandy Bridge, is scheduled to close at 5 p.m. today because of safety concerns. ...more

November 6, 2008

A Pinellas County deputy convinced a man with a cinder block tied to his leg to not jump off a Sunshine Skyway fishing pier Thursday night. ...more

September 19, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

September 11, 2008

BRADENTON An Alachua man found his son floating facedown this morning while they were fishing near the south Sunshine Skyway fishing pier, Manatee County officials said. ...more

August 30, 2008

The state will close the eastern portions of the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers because years of deterioration and saltwater corrosion make them difficult to maintain. ...more

August 22, 2008

The state will close the eastern portions of the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers because years of deterioration and saltwater corrosion make them difficult to maintain. ...more

August 21, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

February 14, 2008