F L O R I D A
A p a l a c h i c o l a
B a y
G U L F
to
C a p t i v a P a s s
Forecast Adjustment Times
Florida Reefs to Midnight Pass
Point Ybel (0.4 mi. nw) ....... -1:00
Captiva Pass ......................... -1:20
Gasparilla Pass ..................... -1:45
Venice Inlet .......................... -2:20
Midnight Past (ent.) ............. -1:50
Sarasota Bay
Big Sarasota Pass ................. -2:10
New Pass .............................. -3:00
Longboat Pass ...................... -2:55
Cortez (N. of bridge) ............ -1:25
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Ent. ................... Same
Mullet Key Channel (ent ...... -0:15
Passage Key Inlet ................. -1:15
Bunces Pass .......................... -1:00
Tampa Bay (cont'd)
Cats Point ............................. -2:55
Sunshine Skyway Bridge ..... -0:15
Joe Island (1.8 mi. NW) ....... -0:20
Pinellas Pt. (0.5 mi.le SE) .... -1:30
Ross Island .......................... +1:10
Courtney Campbell Pkwy ... +0:45
Catfish Point (1.3 mi. east) . +0:30
Boca Ciega Bay
Pass-a-Grille Channel ............ -:55
Blind Pass (north end) .......... -1:40
Johns Pass ............................ -1:45
The Narrows ........................ -1:00
Apalachee Bay
St. Marks River .................... -1:00
Four Mile Pt. ........................ -0:40
St. Marks ............................. +0:50
To adjust for your fishing area, add (+) or subtract (-) hours and minutes shown above for the area
you plan to fish from the Forecast time. No attempt should be made to compare the time of high
or low tide, shown below, to the times of current presented in the Fishing Forecast.
Tide Table Adjustment Times
HIGH LOW
Cape Romano
-1:22
Naples (outer coast)
-2:04
Estero Bay
Little Hickory I.
-0:58
Carlos Pt.
-1:08
Matanzas Pass
-1:10
San Carlos Bay
Point Ybel
-1:50
Punta Rassa
-1:01
Caloosahatchee River
Iona Shores
+1:08
Cape Coral Bridge
+1:15
Fort Myers
+2:08
St. James City, Pine I. -0:30
Captiva Island (outside)-2:20
Captiva Island (P. I. Sd)-0:46
Redfish Pass
-0:55
Matlacha Pass
+0:43
Punta Gorda
Charlotte Harbor
+1:06
Shell Pt.-Peace River +1:52
Englewood, Lemon Bay -0:57
Venice Inlet
-2:02
Sarasota Bay
Sarasota
-1:38
Cortez
-2:00
-1:06
-2:07
-1:05
-1:28
-1:34
-1:12
-1:19
+1:40
+2:02
+2:44
-0:44
-2:28
-0:20
-1:14
+1:28
+1:27
+2:30
-0:40
-1:38
-0:58
-1:25
HIGH LOW
Tampa Bay
Egmont Key (channel) -2:27 -2:24
Anna Maria
-2:07 -2:31
Bradenton, Manatee. -1:24 -0:55
Redfish Point
-0:30 +0:14
Mullet Key Channel -2:22 -1:58
Shell Point
+0:08 +0:17
Point Pinellas
-0:22 -0:29
St. Petersburg
Same
Hillsborough Bay
+0:07 +0:26
Boca Ciega Bay
Pass-A-Grille Beach -1:34 -1:30
Gulfport
-1:32 -1:05
John's Pass
-2:14 -2:04
Clearwater
-1:50 -1:35
Anclote Keys, Sound -1:47 -1:46
Tarpon Springs
-0:50 -0:41
St. George Sound
Dog Island (west end) +0:07 +0:06
Carrabelle River
+0:35 +0:31
St. George Island (east)-0:15 +0:06
Apalachicola Bay
Cat Point
+1:20 +1:27
Apalachicola
+2:00 +2:44
Lower Anchorage
+1:43 +2:09
West Pass
+1:33 +2:17
The daily tide tables are to be used only as a depth of water guide and have no correlation
to the maximum times of current. To adjust for your fishing area, add (+) hours/minutes or
deduct (-)hours/minutes shown above to the times of hi or low as indicated by the tide tables.
Winter Structure
(Continued from page 10.)
the year, when low water temperatures
make fish extremely lethargic. Because
of this, areas near deep water holding
tidal breaking structure make the best
wintertime fishing holes. The deep water
offers fish a place to shelter during the
passing of a cold front, while the structure
gives them an excellent chance at an easy
meal between fronts. This structure can
be anything that deflects the current
during strong tidal movement, offering
fish an ambush point from which to feed
on baitfish swept along by the moving
water.
Vast open water areas, where there
is deep water for miles, won’t draw fish
because there is nothing to block the
current, giving predators a chance to
ambush their prey. Areas containing
drastic depth changes from shallow to
deep are the best. Fish can hide in the
deepest parts of these areas during
extreme temperatures, and can feed along
the dropoffs and ledges on mild days as
bait fish come sweeping over the ledge
with the current.
The presence of additional, physical
structure within the water col [[