Beaches, bridges, piers, bays, bayous, and state waters along the Florida Panhandle currently do not have any fishing closures. They are wide open for fishing, swimming, or boating.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration have expanded the “off-limits to fishing” zone in federal waters to the west due to the wind and current pushing the spill that direction.
Even if you are planning on making a trip offshore to do some deep bottom fishing there is plenty open area out there to fish, but you may have to change your game plan a little. 
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There have been no changes to banned fishing areas for a couple of days now. Everything is open for fishing, except a portion of federal waters approximately twenty miles offshore. A good amount of cobia are still being caught along with pompano, redfish, trout, Spanish mackerel, and king mackerel.
There have been no changes to the areas banned from fishing! Fishing is good, so whether you fish inshore, offshore, or at a local pier or beach now is the time to go…
Fishing is still wide open for inshore, piers, beaches, and state waters. The closed federal area offshore has been extended, but fishing within approximatly 25 miles is still open.
The closure will be in effect for 10 days, from May 7, 2010, through 12:01 a.m., local time, May 17, 2010, unless conditions allow NOAA Fisheries Service to terminate it sooner.
Currently the only closed area is the 10-day ban in Federal Waters. Fishing in state waters including all piers, bays and beaches in open.
