BIG SLOUGH AT TROPICAIRE BLVD NEAR NORTH PORT FL

BIG SLOUGH FL USGS

BIG SLOUGH AT TROPICAIRE BLVD NEAR NORTH PORT FL (02299450) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BIG SLOUGH in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number: 02299450
Operated by: U.S. Geological Survey
State: FL
Coordinates: 27.1116, -82.2048

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Fish recorded near this station

Community observations nearby

Big Slough At Tropicaire Blvd Near North Port Fl has 21 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.

Species include: Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus), Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), Least Killifish (Heterandria formosa), Brown Hoplo (Hoplosternum littorale), and 16 others.

Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
Crested Goby Lophogobius cyprinoides
Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus

2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.

Where these records come from

Evidence: Community observations nearby; Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
Records: 21 species; from 58 individual records
Observed: Nov 2, 2013 – Apr 25, 2026; 58 dated records

Sources

iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 58 records