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Gray snapperRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all55
- Gray snapper55
- Common snook52
- Gag grouper50
- Red drum50
- Atlantic croaker49
- Red grouper48
- Red snapper48
- Gray triggerfish47
- Greater amberjack43
- King mackerel43
- Atlantic tarpon41
- Crevalle jack41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Black drum38
- Florida pompano38
- Permit38
- Southern flounder35
- Cobia33
- Spotted seatrout32
- Sheepshead26
Best score today · 9 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 553 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 7 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 88°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gag grouper
Species seasonality
84Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Gray snapper
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day (10 snapper combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 10 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round in Gulf and Atlantic state waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Counts toward the 10-snapper aggregate per person per day. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Federal waters have a 12-inch minimum and a 10-fish bag.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snappers, 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 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Peak season for Gray snapper · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Pendola Point
- Depth
- 4-50 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonGray snapper
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 Pendola Point
Pendola Point is a cape in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 4-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, common snook and gag grouper. It is peak season now for gray snapper, common snook, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for gag grouper, red grouper, red snapper and gray triggerfish. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gag grouper peak from October through December.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Seaplane Basin60
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 60
- Red drum 58
- Atlantic croaker 56
7 kt NEH 7:03 AM · 2.7 ftL 4:56 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sparkman Channel58
Channel · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Common snook 57
- Gray snapper 55
7 kt NEH 6:29 AM · 2.8 ftL 4:33 PM · 0.5 ft
- East Bay54
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Gray snapper 54
- Red drum 54
7 kt NEH 6:32 AM · 2.7 ftL 4:36 PM · 0.6 ft
- Black Point52
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 52
- Gray snapper 50
- Red drum 50
7 kt NEH 6:34 AM · 2.8 ftL 4:30 PM · 0.6 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.