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BoatFlorida Gulf State Waters: Sarasota Bay RegionSheepshead · Open

Jewfish Key

27.44°N · 82.68°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
73
Fair
Tide
0.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
E · gusty
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
77°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 73 Fair. Tide 0.0ft Falling ▼. Current -0.4kn Ebb. Wind 3kn E G17. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 77.4°.

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
Gray Snapper Retention openCommon Snook Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout 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

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
5-25 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About Jewfish Key

Jewfish Key is an outer, exposed drop-off in the Sarasota Bay region, where mixed bottom falls away from 5 to 25 feet. Common Snook peak here from May through July, Gray Snapper from June through August, and Red Drum in September and October, while Sheepshead hold along the structure. Spanish Mackerel run the deeper edge from March through May and again from September through November, and anglers target them by casting small spoons, jigs, and plugs. Snook respond to live bait fishing with live pilchards, live pinfish, and live shrimp worked along the ledge. Gray Snapper and Red Drum come to bottom fishing on the mixed bottom, with live shrimp and cut sardines for snapper and cut mullet or blue crabs for drum.

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