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Shore spot · PierFlorida Gulf State Waters: Sarasota Bay RegionSheepshead · Open

Bridge Street Pier

27.46°N · 82.70°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
73
Fair
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
83°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
39% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 73 Fair. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 11kn E G17. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 83.1°.

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: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks with live or dead natural bait; snatching.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 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 relevant here).
Other species here
Red Drum Retention openGray Snapper Retention openCommon Snook Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Sarasota Bay Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~2 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
Park in Bradenton Beach near Bridge Street and walk onto the pier. The pier is open to anglers around the clock.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Live shrimp fished vertically near pilings

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About Bridge Street Pier

Bridge Street Pier is a fishing pier in the Sarasota Bay region of Florida's Gulf state waters, giving anglers fixed access to inshore structure without a boat. Sheepshead lead the winter action from December through March, when anglers work the pilings with bottom fishing rigs baited with fiddler crabs, sand fleas, live shrimp, or oysters, or drop jigheads tipped with shrimp. Common Snook peak from May through July and respond to live pilchards, live pinfish, and live threadfin herring, along with soft plastic jerkbaits and paddletail swimbaits cast along the structure. Gray Snapper take over from June through August on live shrimp and cut sardines fished near the bottom, while Spanish Mackerel run in two windows, March through May and September through November, and hit small spoons, jigs, and plugs cast from the pier. Red Drum round out the calendar in September and October, when bottom fishing with cut mullet, cut ladyfish, live shrimp, or blue crabs targets fish moving through the bay.

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