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Shore spot · PierFlorida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle RegionSheepshead · Open

Fishing Pier

30.33°N · 87.29°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
0.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
14 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 14kn ESE G20. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 76.1°.

Why this score

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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 openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention openCommon Snook 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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Pier
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
This is a mapped public fishing pier near the Pensacola Beach and Gulf Breeze area. Park nearby and walk out onto the structure. Dawn and dusk tide changes are most productive.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Live shrimp on a jig head or under a cork

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About Fishing Pier

Fishing Pier is a fixed pier structure on the Pensacola, Florida shoreline, within the Panhandle Region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Sheepshead lead the calendar from January through March, and anglers work the pilings by bottom fishing with fiddler crabs, live shrimp, sand fleas, and oysters. Spotted seatrout peak in March through May and again in October and November, when live shrimp or live pinfish under popping corks draw strikes along the pier's edges. Spanish mackerel run from April through October and respond to casting metal jigs, small spoons, and bucktail jigs, while gray snapper hold around the structure from May through August and take live shrimp and cut bait fished on the bottom. Red drum peak in September and October, with inshore casting of soft plastic jerkbaits, paddletails on jigheads, and gold spoons covering the water around the pier, and common snook also appear on the target list.

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