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Bayview Park Pier

30.43°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 openGray Snapper 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

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Pier
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Bayview Park in East Hill is on Bayou Texar. It has a parking lot and a short walk to the pier over the bayou.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Soft plastic jig worked along grass edges

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About Bayview Park Pier

Bayview Park Pier is a public fishing pier in Pensacola, Florida, set within the Panhandle region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Spotted Seatrout lead the inshore lineup, peaking from March through May and again in October and November, when anglers work soft plastic jerkbaits, paddletail swimbaits on jigheads, or live shrimp under popping corks around the pier. Red Drum push in during their September to October peak and respond to gold spoons, jigheads with paddletails, and cut mullet fished on the bottom. Spanish Mackerel run from April through October and hit metal jigs and small spoons cast from the deck, while Gray Snapper hold tight to the pilings from May through August and take live shrimp and cut bait dropped straight down. Through the colder months, Sheepshead peak from January to March and pick at fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and live shrimp fished close to the pier structure, and Common Snook round out the species list.

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