Water level
6.53ft
-0.02 ft in 24h
USGS 02326900 updated 8:00 AM
Waters · Rivers · FL · Tue, Sep 15
St. Marks River fishing report today Picky — save your energy for the evening.
Work for it.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
5/10
Picky
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
3:37 AM–5:37 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
11:16 AM–12:16 PM
Moonrise
Major
4:01 PM–6:01 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
9:42 PM–10:42 PM
Moonset
Sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:41 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:25 AM–6:25 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 8:58 AM
Conditions right now
Flow
377cfs
USGS 02326900 updated 8:00 AM
Pressure
30.11inHg
rising fast · +3.73 hPa/12h
NOAA KTLH updated 8:40 AM
Wind
5mph ENE
NOAA KTLH updated 8:40 AM
Moon
21% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 8:58 AM
What this means
Trout
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.
St. Marks River water level today
6.53 ft down 0.02 ft in 24 hours
That sits 73% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 6.45 and 6.56 ft. Over the week it is up0.01ft.
09-07 6.45–6.56 ft 09-15
USGS 02326900 updated 8:00 AM
The week ahead
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 5 | Picky | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
St. Marks River boat ramps and public fishing access
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 5 public access points on St. Marks River.
- Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park - Canoe Access Site 1.0 miFee: YesFee amount: $3Ramp surface: Sand,Sand
- Newport Park Boat Ramp 5.3 miLaunch lanes: 2Fee: YesFee amount: $5Ramp surface: ConcreteDock: Launch Dock
- Shell Island Fish Camp & Marina 8.8 miLaunch lanes: 1Fee: YesFee amount: $3Ramp surface: Concrete
- St Marks River Park Boat Ramp 9.1 miLaunch lanes: 3Fee: YesFee amount: $5Ramp surface: ConcreteDock: Both Launch and Staging Dock
- St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge - Stony Pool #1 Hand Launch 9.9 miFee: YesFee amount: $5Ramp surface: varies among sites
This inventory carries the agency's own vintage of 2009. Lanes, docks and fees can have changed since — call ahead if a detail decides your trip.
Access data from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Distances are straight-line from our gauge, not driving distance.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · public access inventory
Before you go
A Florida fishing license covers this water — $17 a year for residents. FWC sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 3 Lockjaw Navarre Pier FL · 294 km
- 5 Picky West Point Lake GA · 310 km
- 4 Picky Tampa Bay FL · 316 km
- 6 Biting Whiskeytown Lake CA · 3630 km
- 5 Picky Trinity Lake CA · 3651 km
Questions people ask about St. Marks River
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for St. Marks River.
- Is it worth fishing St. Marks River today?
- 5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 3:37 AM–5:37 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish St. Marks River?
- Today's major windows run 3:37 AM–5:37 AM and 4:01 PM–6:01 PM, with minor windows at 11:16 AM–12:16 PM and 9:42 PM–10:42 PM. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 7:41 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at St. Marks River?
- No gauge on St. Marks River measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
- What is the water level at St. Marks River right now?
- 6.53 ft, read at 8:00 AM from USGS station 02326900. Over 24 hours it is down 0.02 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at St. Marks River?
- Holding steady. The lake is down 0.02 ft in 24 hours and up 0.01 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 6.45 and 6.56 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in St. Marks River?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Florida Department of Health publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where most Florida freshwater fish are fine to eat, and a mercury threshold triggers the advisories you can look up by water. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish St. Marks River?
- Yes. A Florida fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. FWC sets the rules and is the one that counts.
- What size fish can you keep in Florida?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: red drum (redfish), spotted seatrout (speckled trout), king mackerel, greater amberjack. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Red drum (redfish) limits · Spotted seatrout (speckled trout) limits · King mackerel limits · Greater amberjack limits · Check a length against the rules
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 8:58 AM
- NOAA KTLH Tallahassee International Airport 8:40 AM
- NOAA TAE gridded forecast 8:15 AM
- USGS 02326900 ST. MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT, FLA. 8:00 AM
Newport sits a few miles above the mouth, inside the stretch people actually fish.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.