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Grassy Point

30.35°N · 87.16°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
Common Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper 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
260-660 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Grassy Point

Grassy Point is a sand-bottom drop-off off Pensacola, Florida, in the Panhandle Region of Florida's Gulf state waters, where an exposed outer edge falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. Red Drum peak here from September through October, Sheepshead from January through March, Gray Snapper from May through August, and Spanish Mackerel across a long April-to-October window, with Common Snook also on the target list. Gray Snapper respond to bottom fishing with live shrimp, live pinfish, cut bait, or squid worked along the drop, and frozen chum draws them up off the sand. Sheepshead hold to the same bottom and take fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and live shrimp fished tight to the structure. Through the warm months, anglers troll small spoons, straw rigs, and small diving plugs over the edge for Spanish Mackerel, then switch to casting metal jigs and gotcha plugs when the fish show at the surface.

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