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Pier Fishing in Key West
May 16, 2021 20:02:38   #
Bobbyk Loc: Northernmost eastern corner in Florida
 
Headed to Key west first week of June.

I am an early riser and would like to wet a line while the lazy ones sleep. What can I Catch from white street pier?
What type of bait will I need?

Please help. I’m jonesin to catch a fish on key west without a boat.

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May 16, 2021 20:18:00   #
Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina
 
Bobbyk wrote:
Headed to Key west first week of June.

I am an early riser and would like to wet a line while the lazy ones sleep. What can I Catch from white street pier?
What type of bait will I need?

Please help. I’m jonesin to catch a fish on key west without a boat.


I catch all kinds of fish at most of the bridges. Pork Fish. Snappers. Grunts. Burmuda Chubs. And a lot more. I use shrimp on a double bottom rig. I'll be down in Marathon the second week of June. Good luck Bobby. And post some pictures of your catch. I will.

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May 17, 2021 22:32:12   #
Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA
 
Bobbyk wrote:
Headed to Key west first week of June.

I am an early riser and would like to wet a line while the lazy ones sleep. What can I Catch from white street pier?
What type of bait will I need?

Please help. I’m jonesin to catch a fish on key west without a boat.


I've fished that pier.. its loaded with coral to get snagged up on.. Gordon is right on the money with fishing the bridges.

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May 18, 2021 10:44:16   #
Silversail
 
Yep! The bridges, I’ve even caught bone fish using live shrimp. One evening I caught hold of something that stripped all my line... it was too shallow for a submarine.

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May 21, 2021 05:55:24   #
Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
Maybe try over on Stock Island, either side of the "Safe Harbor Inlet", just south of the dog track... North of the water treatment plant. I would try some shrimp for bait anywhere there; either east or west of the inlet. (I don't know if the dog track still exists... I'm pretty sure that it was "shut down" the last time I was there, nearly 20 years ago, now...)
There's a LOT OF Commercial Fishing vessels, that tie up right there. (If you arrive near a full moon, you'll typically find more shrimp boats tied up for a week... Maybe you can get yourself a "cheap" shrimp dinner's worth, from one of those Captains, before they "pack-out"... Some guys will "hold back a few pounds" of shrimp for friends and family, or for "barter/trade".

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