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Best score today · 6 PM · Red grouper
- Now
- 431 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.8 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
Saturday, Nov 7 · 11 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
70Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
78Wind: 0 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
47Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Red grouper
Retention open- Daily limit
- 3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 20 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Jan 1
- Other
- Private-vessel anglers need the State Reef Fish Angler designation. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. No more than 3 grouper and tilefish combined per person per day. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Open May 1 through December 31. Closed January 1 through April 30.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Groupers, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (3 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 (2 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
- Permit Retention open (1 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red snapper Check regulations
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Snook Retention open (1 per day)
- Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open (50 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Red grouper · 21 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bache Shoal
- Depth
- 25-30 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Outer · ExposedShoal · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRed grouper
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Bache Shoal
Bache Shoal is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 25-30 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, Florida pompano and red drum. It is peak season now for common snook, red drum, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, Spanish mackerel and gray snapper. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Florida pompano peak from December through March. Red drum peak from October through February.
Tackle & technique
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
- 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sands Cut74
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 74
- Crevalle jack 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
6 kt ENEH 2:24 AM · 1.7 ftL 9:25 AM · 0.3 ft
- Bowles Bank69
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 69
- Crevalle jack 64
- King mackerel 64
6 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 2.0 ftL 8:38 AM · 0.5 ft
- Legare Anchorage63
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 63
- Atlantic tarpon 61
- Crevalle jack 60
6 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 ft
- Sea Grape Point62
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 62
- Red drum 56
- Crevalle jack 55
6 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 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.