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PermitRetention openCape · Florida
Foster Point
26.59°N · 82.21°W · Cape · Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook71
- Atlantic croaker63
- Gray snapper63
- Red drum62
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Spanish mackerel58
- Permit56
- Crevalle jack55
- Florida pompano54
- Gag grouper54
- Southern flounder54
- Black drum53
- Gray triggerfish52
- King mackerel52
- Red snapper52
- Red grouper51
- Greater amberjack47
- Spotted seatrout47
- Cobia46
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 10 PM · Permit
- Now
- 567 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
57Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 85°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.8 ftSeason & habitat · Permit
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Permit
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Slot 11 to 22 in, fork length. One fish over 22 inches allowed per person, counted in the bag limit.
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- No more than 2 permit over 22 inches per vessel. Hook and line only in state waters. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Outside the Special Permit Zone. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Permit, Florida pompano and African pompano, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (1 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
- Red snapper Retention open (2 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Snook Catch & release (No retention)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Permit is best here
Shoulder season for Permit · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Foster Point
- Depth
- 1-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonPermit
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Foster Point
Foster Point is a cape in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic croaker and gray snapper. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, Spanish mackerel, permit and crevalle jack. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- Permit
- Permit cruise flat edges and channels in 2 to 6 feet of water in the Keys and Biscayne Bay, and school over wrecks and reefs in 30 to 120 feet, especially during the spring spawn. A live or artificial crab is the standard bait, cast ahead of a tailing fish on the flats or dropped to a school on a wreck. They spook easily in shallow water, so good light and a long, quiet cast are needed.
- Common snook
- Snook ambush bait around mangrove shorelines, bridge and dock lights, jetties and the mouths of passes and inlets, generally in 2 to 15 feet of water. Fish moving water, especially the outgoing tide, with a live pilchard, pinfish or shrimp, or a jerkbait or soft plastic swum past the structure. In summer they spawn along beaches and inlets, and in winter they crowd into rivers, canals and deep backcountry creeks where the water stays warmer.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Safety Harbor76
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 76
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Gray snapper 69
7 kt SEH 12:05 AM · 1.5 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.2 ft
- Foster Bay75
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Gray snapper 68
7 kt SEH 12:05 AM · 1.5 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.2 ft
- Captiva Shoal71
Bar · 1.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Spanish mackerel 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
7 kt SEH 12:05 AM · 1.5 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.2 ft
- South Banks70
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 70
- Spanish mackerel 63
- Atlantic croaker 62
7 kt SEH 12:57 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:11 AM · 1.3 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with FWC before you keep a fish.