Blackwater River
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Redear sunfish water, stocked through the 2024-25 season program; 40,600 fish in the published allocation. One of 3 stocked waters on the Santa Rosa County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
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What swims here
Redear sunfish
Season program record
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Florida season shape statewide: year round, reported by fiscal year.
Agency feed checked today.
| Season | Species | Size | Fish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 season | Redear sunfish | 40,600 |
When to fish Blackwater River
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:26-11:26 am and 9:49-11:49 pm | 3:43-4:43 am and 4:01-5:01 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:12 am-12:12 pm and 10:36 pm-12:36 am | 4:45-5:45 am and 4:32-5:32 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Central Time (CDT).
What the record actually says
- Stocked through the 2024-25 season program
Computed this evening, Oct 23
Gear for this water
For the panfish (redear sunfish on the season program here, moving water)
| Ultralight rod and small jigs | 1/32 to 1/64 oz jigs under a float; 2 to 4 lb line |
| Live bait | waxworms, crickets, and redworms out-fish everything for bluegill |
| Small tubes and grubs | 1 to 2 inch plastics for crappie around brush |
Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.
Nearby stocked waters
The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.
| Water | Distance | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow River | 1.2 mi | 2024-25 season |
| Bear Lake | 22 mi | 2024-25 season |
| Duck Pond | 23 mi | 2024-25 season |
| Twin Hills Park Lake | 29 mi | 2024-25 season |
| Anderson Pond | 29 mi | 2024-25 season |