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Channel · Florida

Bear Cut

25.73°N · 80.16°W · Channel · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia

77/100Great
Now
278 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.9 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score27Fair
Tide0.9 ftLow
CurrentEbb0.4 kn · toward E
Wind4 kn NNEgusts 9 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 5 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast55% chance of rain
Water87°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Cobia

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 36 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
  • 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 (2 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)
  • Snook Retention open (1 per day)
  • Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • 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)

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When Cobia is best here

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Cobia in Florida

Spot profile

Bear Cut

Depth
7-20 ftSlope
Structure
Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
Season
Off seasonCobia

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 Bear Cut

Bear Cut is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 7-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, common snook and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for crevalle jack and common snook, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper, red drum and permit. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
Crevalle jack
Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Fishermans Channel

    Channel · 2.3 mi

    64
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 64
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 63

    4 kt NNEL 8:49 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:21 AM · 2.2 ft

  • Miami South Cannel

    Channel · 2.4 mi

    63
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 63
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Atlantic tarpon 62

    4 kt NNEL 8:49 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:21 AM · 2.2 ft

  • Norris Cut

    Channel · 1.9 mi

    61
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 61
    • Common snook 59
    • Atlantic tarpon 58

    4 kt NNEH 1:47 AM · 2.4 ftL 8:04 AM · 0.8 ft

  • West Point

    Cape · 1.9 mi

    60
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 60
    • Crevalle jack 60
    • Atlantic tarpon 56

    4 kt NNEL 9:10 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:31 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.