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Spring Creek Channel

26.38°N · 81.84°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
87°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
44% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 10kn E G14. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 86.7°.

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. Illegal: multiple hooks with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 inches total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. Open year-round. State regulations extend into federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park (not this area).
Other species here
Common Snook Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention openGray Snapper 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
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
8-18 ft
Mud
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Inner Protected

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About Spring Creek Channel

Spring Creek Channel is a protected mud-bottom corridor near Naples, Florida, running 10 to 20 feet deep through the inner waters of the Charlotte Harbor Region. Sheepshead lead the winter action from January through March, while spotted seatrout peak from February through April and common snook hold strong from April through July. Gray snapper take over from May through July, red drum peak in September and October, and Spanish mackerel move through in March and April and again from September through November. Bottom fishing with live shrimp, fiddler crabs, or sand fleas works the channel's soft mud bottom for sheepshead and gray snapper. For seatrout in the deeper sections, anglers bounce bucktail jigs or jigheads tipped with shrimp, and snook and red drum respond to live pilchards and pinfish worked along the corridor.

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