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Upper Goose Bayou

30.24°N · 85.68°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.6 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 79 Good. Tide 0.6ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn 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
Common Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpotted Seatrout 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
3-12 ft
Mud
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

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About Upper Goose Bayou

Upper Goose Bayou is a protected inner bay arm near Panama City, Florida, with a soft mud bottom and depths running 5 to 10 feet. Red Drum peak from August through October, when inshore casting with soft plastic jerkbaits, paddle-tail jigheads, gold spoons, and topwater plugs covers the flats and mud edges. Sheepshead take over from January through March, and bottom fishing with fiddler crabs, live shrimp, sand fleas, and oysters targets them in the deeper pockets. Gray Snapper peak from May through August and respond to bottom fishing with live pinfish, live shrimp, cut sardines, and squid. Spanish Mackerel run from March through October and hit metal jigs, small spoons, and gotcha plugs cast toward bait schools, while Common Snook round out the bayou's inshore lineup.

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