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Common snookRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook54
- Gag grouper52
- Gray snapper51
- Red drum51
- Atlantic croaker50
- Atlantic tarpon50
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red grouper49
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Florida pompano48
- Black drum46
- King mackerel46
- Greater amberjack44
- Permit44
- Southern flounder44
- Crevalle jack43
- Spotted seatrout37
- Cobia36
- Sheepshead32
Best score today · 9 AM · Common snook
- Now
- 545 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
21Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 2 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 89°F, warmLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.4 ftSeason & habitat · Common snook
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)
Snook
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Slot 28 to 33 in, total length
- Season
- Sep 1 to Nov 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Catch & release from Dec 1
- Other
- Snook permit and saltwater fishing license required. Must stay whole until landed ashore. For-hire captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Hook and line only. Closed December 1 through the end of February and May 1 through August 31. Open March 1 through April 30 and September 1 through November 30. Regional rules apply in inland, state and adjacent federal waters.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snook, 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)
- 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 Common snook is best here
Peak season for Common snook · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cat Point Bank
- Depth
- 3-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Inner · Semi-exposedBank · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonCommon snook
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 Cat Point Bank
Cat Point Bank is a bar in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 3-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bank, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are common snook, gag grouper and gray snapper. It is peak season now for common snook, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for gag grouper, Atlantic tarpon, gray triggerfish and red grouper. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gag grouper peak from October through December. Gray snapper peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Maximo Channel60
Channel · 0.7 mi
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- Atlantic tarpon 60
- Atlantic croaker 59
2 kt WNWH 11:57 PM · 1.8 ftL 4:14 AM · 1.4 ft
- Cats Point60
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 60
- Atlantic croaker 57
- Red drum 56
2 kt WNWL 5:59 PM · 0.4 ftH 12:20 AM · 1.9 ft
- Main Channel59
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Common snook 59
- Atlantic tarpon 58
2 kt WNWH 11:57 PM · 1.8 ftL 4:14 AM · 1.4 ft
- Middle Ground54
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 54
- Gray snapper 51
- Red drum 51
2 kt WNWH 11:57 PM · 1.8 ftL 4:14 AM · 1.4 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.