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Turtle Island

25.95°N · 81.67°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 ft chop
Air temp
89°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 10kn E G13. Sea 0.5 ft chop Flat. Air 88.9°.

Why this score

Current
0.2 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
Gray Snapper Retention openTarpon Retention openCommon Snook 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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
0-19 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Turtle Island

Turtle Island is an exposed rocky drop-off on the Gulf side of Naples, Florida, where the bottom falls away from the shallows into water reaching 20 feet. Sheepshead stack along the rock from January through March, and spotted seatrout move through from February to April. Common snook and tarpon carry the action from spring into summer, with snook peaking April through July and tarpon March through August, while gray snapper hold on the structure from May to July. Spanish mackerel run past in March–April and again September through November, and red drum close out the year in September and October. Bottom fishing with live shrimp, fiddler crabs, or sand fleas tight to the rock ledge targets sheepshead and gray snapper, and live bait fishing with pilchards, pinfish, or mullet along the edge of the drop-off draws strikes from snook, red drum, and tarpon.

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