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Nelson Point

30.50°N · 86.44°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
73
Fair
Tide
-0.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
9 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Clear
21% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 73 Fair. Tide -0.0ft Falling ▼. Current -0.6kn Ebb. Wind 9kn E G17. Sea 1 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 76.3°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Sheepshead
Retention open
Daily limit
8 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12"
Gear
Legal gear: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks used with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum size 12 in total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park (not applicable to this area).
Other species here
Red Drum Retention openGray Snapper Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~8 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About Nelson Point

Nelson Point is an outer, exposed rock drop-off off Destin, Florida, within the Panhandle Region of Florida Gulf state waters, where the bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. Sheepshead peak from January through March, Spotted Seatrout run strongest in March–April and again in October–November, Red Drum peak from September through November, and Spanish Mackerel hold from March through October, with Gray Snapper and Common Snook also on the target list. The rocky edge suits bottom fishing for Sheepshead with fiddler crabs, live shrimp, sand fleas, or barnacle-encrusted mussels, and anglers also jig the structure with jig heads tipped with shrimp. Red Drum respond to bottom fishing with cut bait, live pinfish, or live finger mullet, and to jigging with bucktail jigs and soft plastic jigs. Over the open water above the drop, trolling small spoons, clark spoons, and diving plugs behind planers targets Spanish Mackerel, while casting metal jigs and gotcha plugs to breaking fish covers surface activity.

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