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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Florida pompano59
- Common snook57
- Gray snapper54
- Red drum54
- Atlantic tarpon53
- Black drum47
- Southern flounder47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Red snapper45
- Gag grouper44
- Permit43
- Crevalle jack41
- Gray triggerfish41
- Red grouper41
- King mackerel40
- Spotted seatrout40
- Greater amberjack39
- Cobia35
- Sheepshead31
Best score today · 11 PM · Common snook
- Now
- 5712 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High1.7 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
88Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 87°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 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)
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 yesterday
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
Wake Porter Fish Havens
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · 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 Wake Porter Fish Havens
Wake Porter Fish Havens is a bar in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, Florida pompano and common snook. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, black drum and southern flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.
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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Common snook 62
- Atlantic tarpon 61
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- Mud Key Cutoff70
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Common snook 59
- Atlantic tarpon 56
5 kt EL 4:14 AM · 1.4 ftH 10:53 AM · 2.5 ft
- Little McPherson Bayou66
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Red drum 56
- Common snook 54
5 kt EL 4:55 AM · 1.2 ftH 10:55 AM · 2.2 ft
- McPherson Bayou66
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Red drum 56
- Common snook 54
5 kt EL 4:14 AM · 1.4 ftH 10:53 AM · 2.5 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.