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SheepsheadRetention openBar · Texas
Everett Reef
28.42°N · 96.43°W · Bar · San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays
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Best score today · 1 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 354 PM CDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
72Wind: 13 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 93°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
44Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Texas state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles, bays included)
Sheepshead
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 10 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 15 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- The possession limit is double the daily bag and does not count fish stored at your residence. While fishing, you may not hold more than the daily bag.
From TPWD 2026-27 Outdoor Annual, Sheepshead Bag & Length Limits, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day)
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (20 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (3 per day)
- Red snapper Retention open (4 per day)
- Sailfish Retention open
- Snook Retention open (1 per day)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Striped bass Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Retention open (1 per day)
Source: TPWD · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sheepshead is best here
Out of season for Sheepshead · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Everett Reef
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · ProtectedReef · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonSheepshead
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 Everett Reef
Everett Reef is a bar in San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays, Texas. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 15 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray triggerfish and red snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, red drum, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for gray triggerfish, red snapper, greater amberjack and king mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from June through September. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August. Red snapper peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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.
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mailboat Channel66
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 66
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Crevalle jack 62
13 kt ESEL 10:41 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:10 AM · 1.0 ft
- Big Bayou66
Gut · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 66
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Crevalle jack 62
13 kt ESEL 10:41 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:10 AM · 1.0 ft
- Barroom Bay62
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Atlantic croaker 61
13 kt ESEL 10:41 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:10 AM · 1.0 ft
- Mailboat Point58
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Crevalle jack 57
- Atlantic croaker 55
13 kt ESEL 10:41 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:10 AM · 1.0 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 TPWD before you keep a fish.