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Shore spot · JettyFlorida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay RegionSheepshead · Open

Johns Pass

27.80°N · 82.78°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
8 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
84°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
80% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 8kn ESE G14. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 83.8°.

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 openSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper 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
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Jetty
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Park in the paid lots at Johns Pass Village or the Madeira Beach side and walk to the jetty and seawall at the pass. Fish the moving tide.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Live bait drifted on the tide along the rocks

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About Johns Pass

Johns Pass is a jetty-lined inlet in St. Petersburg, Florida, within the Tampa Bay region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Sheepshead peak from January through March and gray snapper from May through August. Common snook run strongest from April through June, red drum peak in August and September, and Spanish mackerel move through in two windows, March to May and September to October. Along the jetty rocks, anglers bottom fish live fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and live shrimp for sheepshead, and drop live pilchards and knocker rigs for gray snapper holding tight to the structure. Snook and red drum respond to live scaled sardines, live pinfish, and live shrimp worked along the rocks. Spanish mackerel hit small spoons and metal jigs cast into the moving water off the jetty tips.

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