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Florida pompanoRetention openCape · Florida
Shark Point
25.14°N · 80.80°W · Cape · Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound
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Best score today · 11 AM · Florida pompano
- Now
- 3512 PM EDT
- Best window
- 12-3 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
90Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Florida pompano
Species seasonality
27Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
Florida pompano
Retention open- Daily limit
- 6 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 11 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Hook and line, cast net, and beach or haul seine only. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Open year-round in state and federal waters.
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
- Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
- 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 Check regulations
- Permit Retention open (1 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish 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 Florida pompano is best here
Out of season for Florida pompano · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Shark Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonFlorida pompano
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 Shark Point
Shark Point is a cape in Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound. Depth in the nearest water is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are common snook, permit and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for permit, Atlantic tarpon, bonefish and red drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Permit peak from March through June. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Rankin Bight77
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 77
- Common snook 75
- Bonefish 74
3 kt SH 1:42 PM · 3.1 ftL 10:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Garfield Bight77
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 77
- Common snook 75
- Bonefish 74
3 kt SH 1:42 PM · 3.1 ftL 10:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Mosquito Point76
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 76
- Permit 74
- Atlantic tarpon 73
3 kt SH 1:42 PM · 3.1 ftL 10:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Porpoise Point75
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Bonefish 74
- Permit 74
3 kt SH 1:42 PM · 3.1 ftL 10:04 PM · 0.7 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.