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Red drumRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all75
- Red drum75
- Common snook73
- Gray snapper73
- Atlantic croaker71
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Southern flounder63
- Crevalle jack60
- Permit60
- Black drum59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Red snapper57
- Florida pompano56
- Gag grouper56
- Cobia53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red grouper53
- Greater amberjack51
- King mackerel50
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 9 PM · Red drum
- Now
- 7510 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.1 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
88Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 86°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Common snook
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
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
Mags Hole
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Mags Hole
Mags Hole is a bay in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are red drum, common snook and gray snapper. It is peak season now for red drum, common snook, gray snapper and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, southern flounder, crevalle jack and permit. Red drum peak from September through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Little Cockroach Bay79
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 79
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Gray snapper 69
5 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.6 ft
- Little Cockroach Rock Pass79
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 79
- Common snook 76
- Atlantic croaker 75
5 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.6 ft
- Coon Creek77
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 77
- Atlantic croaker 75
- Common snook 74
5 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 4:43 AM · 1.6 ft
- Gooseneck Pass76
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 76
- Red drum 76
- Atlantic croaker 75
5 kt ENEH 1:18 AM · 1.3 ftL 4:43 AM · 0.8 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.