Tarpon Springs fishing forecast

Know exactly when the bite turns on around Fred Howard Park, St. Joseph Sound and the Anclote River. Turnwater scores every 30 minutes of the next 7 days from live NOAA tides, moon feeding times, weather and water temperature — then tells you the best time to go and what to throw.

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Best time to fishOne clear answer: go now, go later, or wait — with arrive-by and head-out times.

Tides + moonNOAA tide station Anclote, Anclote River and solunar feeding windows, side by side.

Safety firstStorm and wind hazards are flagged, and unsafe windows are never recommended.

Tarpon Springs fishing today

Forecast for Fred Howard Park causeway, Tarpon Springs, FL · updated 3:33 PM EST · scores are estimates out of 100

Best remaining windows today	Top species	Score
2 PM–4 PM	Speckled trout	73
4 PM–6 PM	Speckled trout	65
6 PM–8 PM	Speckled trout	55

Best windows tomorrow	Top species	Score
6 AM–8 AM	Speckled trout	83
8 AM–10 AM	Speckled trout	73
4 PM–6 PM	Speckled trout	67

Tides todayHigh 3:37 AM (3.3 ft) · Low 12:14 PM (0.3 ft) · High 7:45 PM (2.3 ft) · Low 11:09 PM (1.9 ft)

SunSunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 5:46 PM

MoonLast Quarter, 52% lit · major feeding 6:15 AM and 6:42 PM

Water temperature74°F at Clearwater Beach

Tides from NOAA station Anclote, Anclote River. Always check the official NWS marine forecast before heading out.

Where people fish around Tarpon Springs

Fred Howard Park

A long causeway runs out to a small beach island on St. Joseph Sound, with open water and grass on both sides. It's one of the easiest places in north Pinellas to fish from shore.

Sunset Beach

A small Gulf-facing beach just south of the Anclote River mouth, good for wading and casting the shallows at sunset.

Anclote River

The river mouth and its docks and bends hold fish when the water cools, and the river's outflow pulls bait out on a falling tide.

Anclote Key

The barrier island offshore, reached by boat. Its grass flats and sandy shoreline are a classic trout and redfish drift.

Tarpon Springs fishing through the year

Winter is sheepshead time around the rocks, docks and pilings, and trout and redfish slide into the river and deeper potholes on cold mornings. Spring and fall are the best all-around seasons: trout and reds spread across the grass flats of St. Joseph Sound and Spanish mackerel move through. Summer brings snook to the beaches and the mouth of the river, best early and late in the day.

Local know-how

St. Joseph Sound is wide and shallow. After a winter cold front, a hard north or east wind can blow a lot of water off the flats, so lows run well below the tide chart and boats that go in on the high may not get back out. The flip side: those very low tides concentrate fish in the deeper holes and channel edges.

Seasons, size limits and bag limits change. Check the current FWC saltwater fishing rules before you keep a fish.

What's biting around Tarpon Springs

Scores update with the season, the tide and the light — the forecast shows which of these is strongest right now and when it peaks this week.