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Common snookCatch & releaseBar · Florida
Eastern Dry Rocks
24.46°N · 81.84°W · Bar · Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
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Best score today · 10 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 569 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
40Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 87°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Common snook
Species seasonality
56Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
Snook
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- May 1 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Retention open from Oct 1
- Other
- Harvest is closed, but snook may be caught and released with a snook permit and a saltwater fishing license. Closed December 1 through the end of February and May 1 through September 30. Open March 1 through April 30 and October 1 through November 30. Regional rules apply in inland, state and adjacent federal waters.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snook, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (10 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
- Permit Retention open (1 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined))
- Red snapper Check regulations
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Common snook is best here
Peak season for Common snook · 9 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Eastern Dry Rocks
- Depth
- About 80 ft
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · Exposed
- Season
- Peak seasonCommon snook
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 464 m grid. Depths are feet below mean sea level, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Eastern Dry Rocks
Eastern Dry Rocks is a bar in Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge, Florida. Depth is about 80 ft. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are common snook, gray snapper and permit. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for gray snapper, permit, red grouper and Atlantic tarpon. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Gray snapper peak from May through August. Permit peak from March through June.
Tackle & technique
- Common snook
- Snook ambush bait around mangrove shorelines, bridge and dock lights, jetties and the mouths of passes and inlets, generally in 2 to 15 feet of water. Fish moving water, especially the outgoing tide, with a live pilchard, pinfish or shrimp, or a jerkbait or soft plastic swum past the structure. In summer they spawn along beaches and inlets, and in winter they crowd into rivers, canals and deep backcountry creeks where the water stays warmer.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
- Permit
- Permit cruise flat edges and channels in 2 to 6 feet of water in the Keys and Biscayne Bay, and school over wrecks and reefs in 30 to 120 feet, especially during the spring spawn. A live or artificial crab is the standard bait, cast ahead of a tailing fish on the flats or dropped to a school on a wreck. They spook easily in shallow water, so good light and a long, quiet cast are needed.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sand Key Channel64
Channel · 4.6 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 64
- Atlantic tarpon 64
- Crevalle jack 59
6 kt SEL 1:03 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:44 AM · 2.0 ft
- Middle Ground60
Bar · 4.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 60
- Atlantic tarpon 56
- Crevalle jack 54
6 kt SEL 1:03 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:44 AM · 2.0 ft
- Main Ship Channel60
Channel · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponShoulder season- Atlantic tarpon 60
- Common snook 58
- Crevalle jack 57
6 kt SEL 1:37 AM · 1.0 ftH 8:14 AM · 2.1 ft
- Sand Key57
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponShoulder season- Atlantic tarpon 57
- Common snook 54
- Crevalle jack 54
6 kt SEL 1:03 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:44 AM · 2.0 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with FWC before you keep a fish.