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West Egmont Channel Hump

27.61°N · 82.84°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
49% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 78 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 7kn ENE G15. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 75.7°.

Why this score

Current
0.3 kn light
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 openSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention openRed Drum Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Tampa 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
25-45 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

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About West Egmont Channel Hump

West Egmont Channel Hump is a rocky pinnacle rising from 25 to 45 feet of water in the outer, exposed Gulf waters of the Tampa Bay Region off Sarasota, Florida. Common Snook peak here from May through July, Gray Snapper from June through August, and Red Drum in September and October, while Sheepshead hold on the rock as well. Spanish Mackerel pass through in two waves, from March to May and again from September to November, and anglers target them by casting small spoons, jigs, and plugs over the hump. Bottom fishing with live shrimp, live pilchards, cut sardines, or squid tight to the rock produces Gray Snapper, and chumming with live pilchards or frozen chum blocks draws them up off the structure. Snook respond to live pilchards, live pinfish, and live threadfin herring drifted along the pinnacle's edges, with bucktail jigs and flare hook jigs working the deeper rock.

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