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Key ROyale Bar

27.53°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
36% 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 83.5°.

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 with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 inches total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Open year-round.
Other species here
Common Snook Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay Region · synced today

Seasonality

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When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
4-12 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

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About Key ROyale Bar

Key Royale Bar is an exposed sand flat near Sarasota on the Florida Gulf Coast, with depths of 5 to 10 feet across its open bottom. Red Drum peak here in September and October, and sight casting gold spoons or soft plastic jerkbaits to cruising fish over the clear sand is the dominant approach. Spotted Seatrout move across the bar in March and April and again in October, when anglers work paddletail soft plastics on jigheads or fish live shrimp under a popping cork. Common Snook peak from May through July and respond to live bait fishing with live pilchards, live pinfish, or live threadfin herring. Sheepshead round out the species mix on this outer, exposed stretch of sand.

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