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Tarkiln Bayou Preserve Fishing Pier

30.37°N · 87.41°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
72
Fair
Tide
0.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
12 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
78°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 72 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 12kn ESE G17. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 78.1°.

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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 openSpotted Seatrout 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
The pier is inside Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park, which has a park entrance and parking area. A boardwalk and trail lead to the bayou pier.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Soft plastic jig or live shrimp under a cork

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About Tarkiln Bayou Preserve Fishing Pier

Tarkiln Bayou Preserve Fishing Pier is a public pier in the Pensacola area of the Florida Panhandle, set within the Gulf state waters of the Panhandle Region. Spanish Mackerel lead the warm-season action from April through October, while Spotted Seatrout peak in March through May and again in October and November, and Red Drum push through in September and October. Gray Snapper hold around the pier from May through August, Sheepshead take over from January through March, and Common Snook round out the species list. Casting metal jigs, gotcha plugs, and small spoons covers passing Spanish Mackerel, and live shrimp under popping corks targets both seatrout and redfish. For Sheepshead and Gray Snapper, anglers fish the bottom along the pier pilings with fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and live shrimp.

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