Dear Frank,
I’ll be visiting St. Pete Beach for a few days later this week and am wondering if you can share some wisdom with someone who will probably
not read your column very often. I am from Michigan and thus have no concept of species, technique, location or lure for saltwater.  I would prefer to wade in the salt or fish from a conoe in a river.  Any suggestions?—Dave Sons

Dave:
I’d suggest going to the northeast side of the Sunshine Skyway and wading what is known as the Clam Bar there. It stretches for over a mile off to the southeast. Use a soft plastic jerkbait on a single hook, or a DOA Shrimp, or a Mirrolure Mirrodine, and cast to holes and channel edges. If you have a canoe or rent one, you might go to Double Branch Park off Hillsboough Avenue and fish the holes in that creek--usually very good at this time of year. Live shrimp will be the best bet there. Tight lines, FS