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Bayou Texar

30.42°N · 87.19°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
0.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 13kn ESE G19. Sea 1 ft @ 5 s SE Easy. Air 76.5°.

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 openRed Drum Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention openGray Snapper 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
8-15 ft
Mud
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Inner Protected

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About Bayou Texar

Bayou Texar is a protected, mud-bottomed corridor of water winding through Pensacola, Florida, with depths running 10 to 15 feet along its length. Red Drum peak here from September through October, and inshore casting with gold spoons, paddletail jigheads, or soft plastic jerkbaits works the soft bottom, while live shrimp under a popping cork draws strikes along the bayou edges. Sheepshead take over from January through March and respond to bottom fishing with fiddler crabs, sand fleas, or live shrimp. Gray Snapper peak from May through August on live shrimp, live pinfish, or cut bait fished near the bottom, and Spanish Mackerel move through from April to October, when casting metal jigs, gotcha plugs, or small spoons covers the open water of the corridor. Common Snook also hold in these sheltered inner waters, which makes Bayou Texar a year-round inshore option.

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