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

Park East Beach

30.34°N · 87.07°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
66
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
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 66 Fair. Tide 0.6ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 14kn ESE G20. Sea 1.5 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 75.6°.

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 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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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Beach
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Park East is a Gulf-front beach east of the Pensacola Beach core. It has a public parking lot and a short walk over the dunes to the surf.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Surf fishing with cut bait or shrimp on a fish-finder rig

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About Park East Beach

Park East Beach is a stretch of open Gulf shoreline on Santa Rosa Island east of Pensacola Beach, in the Panhandle Region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Red drum are the main draw, peaking in September and October, when anglers work the surf by inshore casting with gold spoons, jigheads with paddletails, and soft plastic jerkbaits. Bottom fishing with cut mullet, cut menhaden, or live shrimp also produces red drum along the beach. Spotted seatrout run strongest from March through May and again in October and November and take live shrimp under popping corks, while sheepshead peak from January through March and respond to bottom fishing with sand fleas and fiddler crabs. Common snook round out the species list at this beach.

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