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BoatFlorida Gulf State Waters: Southwest RegionSheepshead · Open

Sunfish Flat

25.90°N · 81.68°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
0.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 ft chop
Air temp
89°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 81 Good. Tide 0.4ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 9kn E G12. Sea 0.5 ft chop Flat. Air 88.9°.

Why this score

Current
0.4 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 openTarpon Retention openRed Drum 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
15-35 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

About Sunfish Flat

Sunfish Flat is an exposed sand flat in the Gulf waters off Naples, Florida, with depths running from 15 to 35 feet across open bottom. Sheepshead peak from January through March, Spotted Seatrout from February through April, Tarpon from March into August, Common Snook from April through July, and Red Drum in September and October. Live bait fishing is the dominant approach for Red Drum, Snook, and Tarpon, with live pilchards, pinfish, and live shrimp covering all three, while Tarpon also take live crabs and live threadfin herring. Seatrout respond to soft plastic paddle tails on jigheads and popping corks with soft plastics worked over the sand, and bucktail jigs bounced along the deeper end of the flat reach fish holding near 35 feet. Sheepshead come to bottom fishing with live shrimp, fiddler crabs, and sand fleas.

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