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WahooRetention openBay · Florida
Eagle Harbor
29.77°N · 85.40°W · Bay · Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Florida pompano64
- Red drum63
- Gray snapper62
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Southern flounder56
- Black drum55
- Crevalle jack55
- King mackerel54
- Gag grouper51
- Cobia48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red grouper48
- Red snapper48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Yellowfin tuna47
- Permit46
- Sailfish45
- Greater amberjack43
- Wahoo43
- Mahi-mahi41
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 7 AM · Wahoo
- Now
- 437 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-4 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.8 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 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
33Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 87°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Wahoo
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Wahoo
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- No minimum size. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Wahoo, 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)
- Permit Retention open (2 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 Retention open (1 per day)
- 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)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Wahoo is best here
Shoulder season for Wahoo · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Eagle Harbor
- Depth
- 2-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWahoo
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 Eagle Harbor
Eagle Harbor is a bay in Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 2-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 23 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, Florida pompano and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, red drum and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, Spanish mackerel and southern flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Red drum peak from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Wahoo
- Wahoo patrol drop-offs, seamounts, rigs and weed lines where current and temperature breaks meet, usually along the 100 to 600 foot contours. High-speed trolling at 12 to 18 knots with weighted lures covers ground, and slower trolling with ballyhoo or diving plugs works over known structure. Use wire leader, because their teeth cut monofilament.
- 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
Nearby spots
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- Red drum 64
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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.