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Atlantic croakerRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all64
- Atlantic croaker64
- Common snook56
- Florida pompano52
- Gray snapper51
- Red drum51
- Atlantic tarpon50
- Gag grouper45
- Permit44
- Spanish mackerel44
- Southern flounder43
- Crevalle jack42
- Red snapper42
- Black drum41
- Gray triggerfish41
- Red grouper41
- King mackerel39
- Greater amberjack36
- Cobia35
- Spotted seatrout35
- Sheepshead31
Best score today · 8 PM · Red drum
- Now
- 648 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High2.1 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 5 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 87°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Common snook
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Atlantic croaker
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- 100 pounds per person per day. No minimum size. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spot and Atlantic croaker, read Sep 13
Other species here
- 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)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic croaker is best here
Peak season for Atlantic croaker · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Eagle Point
- Depth
- 3-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonAtlantic croaker
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 Point
Eagle Point is a cape in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, gag grouper and permit. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Blackburn Bay73
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Common snook 62
- Florida pompano 59
4 kt ESEH 8:15 AM · 2.1 ftL 4:48 PM · 0.4 ft
- Lyons Bay71
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Common snook 61
- Florida pompano 57
2 kt EH 8:15 AM · 2.1 ftL 4:48 PM · 0.4 ft
- Roberts Bay70
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Common snook 61
- Florida pompano 56
2 kt EH 8:15 AM · 2.1 ftL 4:48 PM · 0.4 ft
- Venice Inlet70
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Common snook 64
- Atlantic tarpon 59
2 kt EH 8:15 AM · 2.1 ftL 4:48 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.