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Southwest Gate

25.92°N · 81.62°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 ft chop
Air temp
88°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.4ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 10kn E G13. Sea 0.5 ft chop Flat. Air 88.3°.

Why this score

Current
0.3 kn light
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. Illegal: multiple hooks in conjunction with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 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.
Other species here
Common Snook Retention openGray Snapper Retention openTarpon Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Southwest Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
0-17 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Inner Protected

About Southwest Gate

Southwest Gate is a protected sand-bottom corridor in the inshore waters south of Naples, Florida, with depths running from the shallows to about 15 feet. Winter and early spring belong to Sheepshead (peak January through March) and Spotted Seatrout (peak February through April), while Common Snook (April through July), Gray Snapper (May through July), and Tarpon (March through August) carry the action into summer. Spanish Mackerel move through in spring and again from September through November, overlapping with the Red Drum peak in September and October. Bottom fishing with live shrimp or fiddler crabs targets Sheepshead and Gray Snapper along the deeper edges of the corridor, and live pilchards and pinfish draw strikes from Snook and Red Drum. Over the shallower sand, drifting with soft plastic paddle tails on jigheads or popping corks with soft plastics covers water for Spotted Seatrout.

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