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Atlantic tarponCatch & releaseSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook71
- Gray snapper67
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Red drum65
- Atlantic croaker62
- Crevalle jack60
- Permit60
- Southern flounder60
- Spanish mackerel60
- Cobia53
- Gag grouper53
- Black drum52
- King mackerel52
- Greater amberjack51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red grouper49
- Red snapper49
- Florida pompano45
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 7 AM · Atlantic tarpon
- Now
- 653 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 1 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 89°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.6 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic tarpon
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Tarpon
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Tarpon over 40 inches must stay in the water. Special gear rules apply year-round in Boca Grande Pass. Hook and line only. No snagging, snatch hooking, spearing, or multiple hooks with natural bait. Applies in state and federal waters of the Gulf and Atlantic.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Tarpon, 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)
- 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)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic tarpon is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Millar Bay
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonAtlantic tarpon
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 Millar Bay
Millar Bay is a bay in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are common snook, gray snapper and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, crevalle jack, permit and southern flounder. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic tarpon peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Longboat Pass75
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Gray snapper 68
1 kt WSWL 5:39 PM · 0.4 ftH 11:52 PM · 1.9 ft
- Buttonwood Harbor71
Bay · 3.7 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Gray snapper 69
- Atlantic croaker 66
1 kt WSWL 5:33 PM · 0.6 ftH 12:11 AM · 1.8 ft
- Long Bar Point70
Cape · 2.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Common snook 67
- Atlantic tarpon 66
1 kt WSWL 5:33 PM · 0.6 ftH 12:11 AM · 1.8 ft
- Cow Point67
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 67
- Gray snapper 63
- Red drum 61
1 kt WSWL 5:39 PM · 0.4 ftH 11:52 PM · 1.9 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.