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Fishing Bend

30.34°N · 87.14°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
67
Fair
Tide
0.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
14 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
1.5 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
97% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 67 Fair. Tide 0.6ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 14kn ESE G20. Sea 1.5 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 75.7°.

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
Spanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention openCommon Snook Retention openRed Drum 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
8-25 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

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About Fishing Bend

Fishing Bend is a protected inner-bay spot near Pensacola, Florida, where a sand bottom slopes through depths of 10 to 25 feet in sheltered water. Red Drum peak here in September and October and respond to inshore casting with jigheads with paddletails, gold spoons, and topwater plugs, while popping cork fishing with live shrimp works over the shallower sand. Sheepshead take over from January through March, and anglers target them with bottom fishing rigs baited with fiddler crabs, sand fleas, or live shrimp. Gray Snapper hold in the deeper sections from May through August and take live shrimp, live pinfish, and cut bait fished on the bottom. Spanish Mackerel run from April through October and hit small spoons and straw rigs on the troll or metal jigs and gotcha plugs cast into feeding schools, and Common Snook also appear on the target list.

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