{"id":2263,"date":"2012-07-28T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?page_id=2263"},"modified":"2025-06-07T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T04:59:41","slug":"good-eating-fish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/?page_id=2263","title":{"rendered":"Good Eating Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Captiva<\/a>Good Eating Fish, Captiva, Florida<\/h2>\n

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A quick summary of good eating fish we catch around Captiva and Sanibel.<\/p>\n

Common Snook ~\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating (we recommend catch & release only)
\nUp to 3.5′ & 30 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Common<\/a>
Common Snook, Sanibel & Captiva Fishing Charters & Guide Service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Red Grouper ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 3′ & 40 lbs.<\/p>\n

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Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cobia<\/strong>\u00a0– Excellent Eating<\/p>\n

\"Cobia,<\/a>
Cobia, picture from http:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/featured\/cobia-carey-chen.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gag Grouper ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 4′ & 80 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Flounder – <\/strong>Good Eating<\/p>\n

\"Flounder,<\/a>
Flounder, picture from http:\/\/www.nativeguide.net\/Report.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Red Snapper ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 3′ & 40 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spanish mackerel –\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating<\/p>\n

\"Spanish<\/a>
Spanish Mackerel, picture from http:\/\/www.nativeguide.net\/Report.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Schoolmaster ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 2′ & 10 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

King mackerel<\/strong>\u00a0– Good Eating<\/p>\n

\"King<\/a>
King mackerel, picture from http:\/\/www.bigfish-mombasa.com\/what-will-i-catch.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mangrove Snapper ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 2′ & 10 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lane Snapper ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 1.5′ & 6 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Permit ~\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating
\nUp to 2.5′ & 40 lbs.<\/p>\n

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Pompano ~\u00a0<\/strong>Excellent Eating
\nUp to 1.5′ & 5 lbs.<\/p>\n

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Black drum\u00a0<\/strong>– Excellent Eating<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a>
Black drum, picture from http:\/\/takemefishing.org\/fishing\/fishopedia\/species-explorer\/black-drum\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spotted Sea Trout ~\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating
\nUp to 2′ & 6 lbs.<\/p>\n

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Red Drum ~\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating
\nUp to 3′ & 40 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red Drum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hogfish –<\/strong>\u00a0Excellent eating<\/p>\n

\"Hogfish,<\/a>
Hogfish, picture from http:\/\/www.sarasota-fla-fishing.com\/Hogfish.htm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sheepshead ~\u00a0<\/strong>Good Eating
\nUp to 2′ & 6 lbs.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\/\/ Good Eating Fish, Captiva, Florida   A quick summary of good eating fish we catch around Captiva and Sanibel. Common Snook ~\u00a0Good Eating (we recommend catch & release only) Up to 3.5′ & 30 lbs. Red Grouper ~\u00a0Excellent Eating Up to 3′ & 40 lbs. Cobia\u00a0– Excellent Eating Gag Grouper ~\u00a0Excellent Eating Up to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2868,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2263","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20253,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2263\/revisions\/20253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captivafishing.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}