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Pass-a-Grille Beach

27.72°N · 82.74°W

Species

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Best score for the day · 5 PM
86/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 1 PM EDT

BEST WINDOW
1 PM-7 PM
Tide flooding
FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay Region · Common Snook openRegulations ↗1 per day · 28–33" slot · Hook and line only

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
84°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
66% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 9kn ESE G13. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 83.7°.

Why this score

Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Common Snook
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
28–33" slot
Gear
Hook and line only
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Slot 28-33 in total length. Snook permit plus recreational license required. Must remain whole until landed. Captain and crew on for-hire trip may not retain a bag limit. No commercial harvest or sale.
Season
Sep 1 to Nov 30
Other species here
Spanish Mackerel 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 Common Snook is best at this spot

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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM
Beach
ACCESS
On foot
No boat needed
GETTING THERE
Metered parking runs along Gulf Way. Walk onto the sand and wade the trough. Fish early morning, before swimmers arrive.
HOW IT'S FISHED
Sight-casting jigs to snook in the surf trough

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About Pass-a-Grille Beach

Pass-a-Grille Beach is a Gulf-facing sand beach at the southern tip of St. Petersburg's barrier island, inside the Tampa Bay region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Common Snook peak here from April through June, while Spanish Mackerel run strongest in March through May and again in September and October. Spotted Seatrout peak in March and April and return in October and November, and Red Drum reach their high point in August and September. Snook anglers work the beach with live scaled sardines, live pinfish, and live shrimp, and switch to paddle tail swimbaits or soft plastic jerkbaits when casting artificials along the surf line. Passing schools of Spanish Mackerel draw casts with small spoons, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs, and Red Drum take live shrimp or cut mullet fished on the bottom.

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