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Red drumRetention openCape · Florida
Grassy Point
30.35°N · 87.16°W · Cape · Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound
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Best score today · 7 PM · Red drum
- Now
- 7310 PM CDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 2.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 2 kt WPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 87°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Red drum
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Red drum
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Slot 18 to 27 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Must stay whole until landed ashore. For-hire captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Hook and line or cast net only. No spearing, gigging, bowfishing, snatch hooking, or multiple hooks with natural bait. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Red Drum (Redfish), 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 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)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red drum is best here
Peak season for Red drum · 10 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Grassy Point
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonRed drum
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 Grassy Point
Grassy Point is a cape in Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Florida. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are red drum, gray snapper and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for red drum, gray snapper and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, crevalle jack, southern flounder and Spanish mackerel. Red drum peak from September through November. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic tarpon peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
- Atlantic tarpon
- Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Butcherpen Cove77
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 77
- Gray snapper 73
- Atlantic tarpon 64
2 kt WH 6:39 AM · 1.6 ftL 5:22 PM · 0.4 ft
- English Navy Cove76
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 76
- Gray snapper 73
- Atlantic tarpon 63
2 kt WH 6:39 AM · 1.6 ftL 5:22 PM · 0.4 ft
- Sabine Point72
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Gray snapper 69
- Atlantic tarpon 59
2 kt WH 6:39 AM · 1.6 ftL 5:22 PM · 0.4 ft
- Deer Point72
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Gray snapper 69
- Atlantic tarpon 59
2 kt WH 6:39 AM · 1.6 ftL 5:22 PM · 0.4 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.