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Platt Point

26.65°N · 82.23°W · Cape · Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound

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Best score today · 6 PM · Red snapper

78/100Great
Now
2011 AM EST
Best window
5-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.8 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: today · 78

24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 10 · 6 AM

Time6A
Score20Poor
Tide0.1 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.3 kn · toward WSW
Wind7 kn NNEgusts 14 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.7 ft · 4 s
Air temp54°Cool
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water79°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Red snapper(private recreational)

Closed
Daily limit
No retention
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
Aug 1, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Retention open from Nov 7
Other
Closed between the 2026 open days. The fall season is daily September 1 through October 4, then weekends and holidays only through January 4, 2027. The 2027 season has not been announced.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snappers, 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 Closed (No retention)
  • Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Gray triggerfish Retention open (1 per day)
  • Greater amberjack Closed (No retention)
  • King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
  • Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
  • Permit Retention open (2 per day)
  • Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
  • Red grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
  • Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
  • Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
  • Snook Retention open (1 per day)
  • Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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When Red snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Red snapper · 25 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Platt Point

Depth
3-8 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonRed snapper

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 Platt Point

Platt Point is a cape in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Spanish mackerel, common snook and red drum. It is peak season now for Spanish mackerel, red drum, spotted seatrout and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for common snook, king mackerel, gray snapper and black drum. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Red drum peak from September through November.

Tackle & technique

Red snapper
Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
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.

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    • Spanish mackerel 80
    • Red drum 77

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  • Murdock Bayou

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    • Spotted seatrout 76
    • Spanish mackerel 74

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  • Useppa Oyster Bar

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    • Spanish mackerel 79
    • Common snook 72
    • Red drum 72

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  • Primo Bay

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    78
    Top: Common snookShoulder season
    • Common snook 78
    • Spanish mackerel 78
    • Red drum 76

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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.