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Military Point

30.13°N · 85.62°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
0.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
80°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 78 Good. Tide 0.6ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 10kn ESE G15. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 80.1°.

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 openGray Snapper Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel 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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
260-660 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About Military Point

Military Point is an outer, exposed drop-off off Panama City, Florida, where a sand bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet in the Panhandle region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Sheepshead lead the calendar from January through March. Spanish Mackerel hold from March through October, Gray Snapper peak from May through August, and Red Drum take over from August through October, with Common Snook rounding out the species list. Bottom fishing along the edge of the drop-off produces Gray Snapper on live pinfish, live shrimp, cut sardines, and squid, while Sheepshead respond to fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and jig heads tipped with shrimp. Spanish Mackerel are worked by trolling small spoons, planers with spoons, and diving plugs, and Red Drum take cut mullet, cut menhaden, and blue crab halves fished on the sand.

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