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Russell-Fields City Pier

30.21°N · 85.88°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
8 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
79°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.2ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 8kn E G13. Sea 1 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 79.3°.

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 openSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

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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
Pier
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Park in the Pier Park area lots next to Aaron Bessant Park and walk onto the pier. A daily fishing fee applies.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Casting spoons and jigs for mackerel

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About Russell-Fields City Pier

Russell-Fields City Pier is a public fishing pier in Panama City, Florida, reaching out over the Gulf State Waters of the Panhandle Region. Sheepshead stack around the pilings from January through March and take fiddler crabs, sand fleas, live shrimp, or oysters fished on the bottom, with jig heads tipped with fiddler crabs or shrimp as a backup approach. Spanish mackerel run from March through October, and anglers on the deck cast metal jigs, gotcha plugs, and small spoons or drift live sardines and glass minnows to reach the passing schools. Gray snapper peak from May through August and hold tight to the pier structure, where bottom rigs baited with live pinfish, live shrimp, cut sardines, or squid draw strikes. Red drum push in from August through October and hit soft plastic jerkbaits, paddle-tail jigheads, and gold spoons, and common snook also turn up among the pier's catch.

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