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Carl Gray Park

30.19°N · 85.73°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
9 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
80°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.2ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 9kn ESE G14. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 79.9°.

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 gear: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks used with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum size 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 (not applicable to this area).
Other species here
Red Drum Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~6 more weeks in shoulder
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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Beach
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Park in the lot under the west end of the Hathaway Bridge. Walk to the bayside shoreline and the bridge pilings.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Shrimp or fiddler crab fished along the bridge pilings

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About Carl Gray Park

Carl Gray Park is a beach access point in Panama City, Florida, within the Panhandle Region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Sheepshead lead the winter season, peaking January through March, when bottom fishing with fiddler crabs, live shrimp, sand fleas, or oysters produces steady bites, and jig heads tipped with fiddler crabs or shrimp offer a mobile alternative. Spotted seatrout peak from March through May and again in November, and anglers target them by casting soft plastic jerkbaits, paddle tail grubs on jigheads, and topwater walking plugs or by drifting live shrimp under a popping cork. Red drum take over from August through October and respond to gold spoons, jigheads with paddle tails, and topwater plugs worked along the beach, while cut mullet or blue crab halves on the bottom hold fish during slower stretches. Common snook also appear among the species anglers pursue from this stretch of shoreline.

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