Can you catch Sheepshead at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Sheepshead scores 8/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. The pier's winter and spring favorite; fiddler crabs or shrimp dropped straight down beside the pilings on a short leader and a 1/0 hook.

Can you catch Redfish at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Redfish scores 7/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Cut mullet or live shrimp on a Carolina rig along the pilings and the oyster bars nearby on a moving tide; use a pier net to land them.

Can you catch Spotted Seatrout at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Spotted Seatrout scores 7/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Popping cork and shrimp or a soft plastic cast toward the grass and channel edges, best in fall and spring and under the pier's shadow line.

Can you catch Spanish Mackerel at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Spanish Mackerel scores 6/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Summer and early fall when bait is thick; fast silver spoons or small jigs cast off the end.

Can you catch Ladyfish at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Ladyfish scores 6/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Warm months on the moving tide; great fun on light jigs.

Can you catch Mangrove Snapper at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Mangrove Snapper scores 6/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Summer and fall around the pilings; small live shrimp on light fluorocarbon and a small hook.

Can you catch Black Drum at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Black Drum scores 6/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Cooler months; blue crab chunks or shrimp on the bottom near the pilings.

Can you catch Pinfish at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Pinfish scores 6/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Swarm the pilings; catch a few on a sabiki-style rig for live bait.

Can you catch Gulf Flounder at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Gulf Flounder scores 5/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Fall run near the sandy bottom; drag a mud minnow slowly.

Can you catch Hardhead Catfish at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Hardhead Catfish scores 5/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Common on bottom baits, especially at night and in summer.

Can you catch Cobia at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Cobia scores 3/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Occasional spring visitor near the pier; keep a heavier rod and a bucktail ready.

Can you catch Gag Grouper at Cedar Key City Pier?

Yes — Gag Grouper scores 3/10 at Cedar Key City Pier. Small gags turn up around the rocks and pilings; check FWC rules before keeping any.

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Cedar Key City Pier Fishing

7.3· Pier · Cedar Key, FL

Free: Free entry to fish the pier (checked Sep 27, 2026)

The Cedar Key City Pier, the big public fishing pier at the corner of Dock Street and C Street, is the easiest way to fish Cedar Key without a boat. It reaches out over the channels and oyster bars between the island and Atsena Otie Key, and holds redfish, speckled trout, sheepshead, black drum and flounder, with Spanish mackerel, ladyfish and the odd cobia in the warm months and mangrove snapper around the pilings in summer. Moving tide is key, especially the first of the flood. Helene cut the pier off from land in 2024; its access ramps were rebuilt and it reopened in 2025. It is free, close to restaurants and parking. Hazards are summer lightning and slippery decking.

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Oct 1–7, 2026

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Thursday, Oct 1 · windows & tide · Today

SeaSlight1.0 ft here · chop and swell

Water colorClearYou could see the bottom in about six feet of water

CrossWind10 mph ECross-shore here

75°E 8 · dry

74°E 10 · dry

84°SE 11 · dry

80°SE 15 · 24% rain

▲ High tide4:43 AM4.5 ft

▼ Low tide12:06 PM0.0 ft

▲ High tide6:41 PM3.2 ft

▼ Low tide11:42 PM2.0 ft

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Average tides3.0 ft range · 6% above normalBuilding toward bigger tides

Why 71 · 6 AM–9 AM

WindGoodA light wind (10 mph)+8
Sea & chopOkayChop 1.0 ft · A light chopShort, steep waves−2
Tide stateGoodOutgoing tide (ebbing)+8
Tide sizeOkayMiddling tides0
LightGoodDawn or dusk light+6
PressureOkaySteady or slowly falling pressure+1
RainGoodDry (2% chance of rain)

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Fishing report · October 2026

What's biting at Cedar Key City Pier

RedfishReliableOpen: keep up to 1 a day between 18 in and 27 in
In season this month
Spotted SeatroutReliableOpen: keep up to 5 a day between 15 in and 19 in
In season this month
Black DrumReliableOpen: keep up to 5 a day between 14 in and 24 in
In season this month
LadyfishReliable
In season this month
Mangrove SnapperReliableOpen: keep up to 5 a day of 10 in or more
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Built from this month's seasons, today's FWC rules and the catches anglers logged here in the last 30 days. Updated Thu, Oct 1.

Cedar Key City Pier tide chart

Tides for fishing at Cedar Key City Pier: every high and low tide for the next 7 days, from the Cedar Key tide station. Times are local.

Cedar Key City Pier tide chart
TodayThu, Oct 1	High4:43 AM4.6 ft Low12:06 PM0.0 ft High6:41 PM3.3 ft Low11:42 PM2.0 ft
TomorrowFri, Oct 2	High5:27 AM4.3 ft Low1:03 PM0.3 ft High7:48 PM3.0 ft
SaturdayOct 3	Low12:29 AM2.3 ft High6:21 AM4.3 ft Low2:12 PM0.3 ft High9:15 PM3.0 ft
SundayOct 4	Low1:37 AM2.3 ft High7:32 AM3.9 ft Low3:37 PM0.7 ft High10:42 PM3.0 ft
MondayOct 5	Low3:13 AM2.3 ft High9:10 AM3.6 ft Low4:57 PM0.7 ft High11:41 PM3.0 ft
TuesdayOct 6	Low4:45 AM2.0 ft High10:51 AM3.6 ft Low6:02 PM0.7 ft
WednesdayOct 7	High12:23 AM3.3 ft Low5:58 AM1.3 ft High12:10 PM3.9 ft Low6:53 PM0.7 ft

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