Navigating July Tides for Gulf Coast Success Anglers hitting the Florida Gulf Coast this weekend should prepare for classic summer conditions, with hot weather and slower tides influencing the bite.

7:34 a.m.: St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office marine rescue crews are responding near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and the Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg is notified.

On May 9, 1980, a massive freighter struck the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a dense fog, tearing away its central span. Cars plunged into Tampa Bay, and the disaster became one of Florida’s worst.

10 Tampa Bay reached out to the Florida Department of Transportation, which owns the Skyway Bridge, to ask about any new safety enhancements in the pipeline. In a statement, FDOT said in part: ...