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San Carlos Island

26.46°N · 81.95°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
86°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
27% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 10kn E G13. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 86.0°.

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: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Multiple hooks with live or dead natural bait prohibited; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 in total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. Page says state regulations extend into federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park (not relevant here).
Other species here
Gray Snapper Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openCommon Snook Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Charlotte Harbor Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~1 more week in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
260-660 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About San Carlos Island

San Carlos Island marks an outer, exposed drop-off off Fort Myers in the Charlotte Harbor Region of Florida's Gulf state waters, where a sand bottom falls away across depths of 260 to 660 feet. Sheepshead peak from November through March, Spotted Seatrout from March into April, Common Snook from April through June, Gray Snapper from May through August, and Red Drum from August into October, with Spanish Mackerel also among the targets. Bottom fishing is the dominant approach for Sheepshead and Gray Snapper along the edge, with live shrimp, fiddler crabs, and sand fleas for Sheepshead and live pilchards, cut bait, or squid for snapper. Red Drum and Common Snook respond to live bait fishing with live pilchards, live pinfish, and live shrimp. Jigging with bucktail jigs or jig heads with soft plastics covers the sloping sand for snapper, snook, and drum.

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