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Boca Grande Fishing

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Boca Grande Fishing is a fishing charter operator based in Placida, Florida. Captain Greg Penix has over 30 years of experience fishing the Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande area, specializing in light tackle fishing for Snook, Tarpon, Redfish, and Trout. While Tarpon season is a highlight, the charter also operates in November, December, and January for Mackerel, Black Drum, Tripletail, Snook, Redfish, and Spotted Sea Trout in the Back Country.

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Inshore Fishing

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Around Boca Grande Fishing

1 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2007 to 2026

The water at Boca Grande Fishing typically runs highest in September, at a median 74 cfs, and lowest in April, at 7.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,200 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Cocoplum Waterway at North Port FL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9.84.5 to 17
February124.0 to 23
March8.82.1 to 20
April7.20.5 to 18
May8.41.9 to 17
June2311 to 46
July4223 to 86
August7440 to 115
September7440 to 151
October2717 to 41
November147.3 to 25
December125.8 to 19

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cocoplum Waterway at North Port FL (site 02299482). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

80Go/ 100

CloudyWaves 0.7 ft84°FRain 3%Wind 7 kt, gusts 14

Waves

0.4 ft @ 5s

Wind

5 kt

Gusts 14 kt

Water

79°F

Air

77°F

Streamflow

7.5 cfs

Normal (26th)

Water level

5.05 ft

Air quality

37 Good

Jackson Road monitor, 30 km

Tides

Rising

High 1.4 ft at 10:56 PM

Predicted at Placida, Gasparilla Sound, under 1 km away.

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Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Air quality: Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. Tide predictions: NOAA CO-OPS, feet above mean lower low water. See full conditions →