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Magazine Point

30.37°N · 87.27°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
69
Fair
Tide
0.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 69 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 13kn ESE G19. Sea 2 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 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
15-45 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

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About Magazine Point

Magazine Point is a sand-bottom drop-off near Pensacola, Florida, where the seafloor falls from 15 to 45 feet in moderately exposed Panhandle waters. Red Drum peak here in September and October, and anglers work the edge of the drop with soft plastic jerkbaits, jigheads with paddletails, and gold spoons, or soak live finger mullet and cut menhaden on the bottom. Sheepshead take over from January through March, holding along the slope where bottom fishing with fiddler crabs, live shrimp, and sand fleas draws steady bites. Gray Snapper fill the summer months from May through August and respond to live shrimp, live pinfish, and squid fished on the deeper end of the depth range. Spanish Mackerel run from April through October over the drop, where trolling small spoons and straw rigs or casting metal jigs and gotcha plugs covers the water column, and Common Snook round out the species mix at the spot.

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