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Trout Point

30.32°N · 87.35°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
66
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 66 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 14kn ESE G20. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 76.3°.

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
Red Drum Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

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When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~6 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
0-21 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

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About Trout Point

Trout Point is an exposed sand flat on the outer edge of the Pensacola shoreline, with depths running from the wading shallows out to about 20 feet. Red Drum peak here in September and October, when inshore casting with gold spoons, topwater plugs, and jigheads with paddletails covers the open sand efficiently. Spanish Mackerel run from April through October and respond to small spoons and straw rigs on the troll, or to metal jigs and gotcha plugs cast into feeding schools. Gray Snapper peak from May through August and take live shrimp and cut bait fished on the bottom along the deeper edge of the flat. In winter, Sheepshead peak from January through March and hold for fiddler crabs and sand fleas on bottom rigs, while Common Snook round out the species list on the flat.

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