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Best score today · 6 PM · Red drum
- Now
- 5610 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Tuesday, Nov 10 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
96Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 5 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 82°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Bonefish
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Crevalle jack
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, 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)
- 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 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 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Crevalle jack is best here
Peak season for Crevalle jack · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Biscayne Flats
- Depth
- 5-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Flat · Outer · ExposedFlat · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonCrevalle jack
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 Biscayne Flats
Biscayne Flats is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 5-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads flat, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, Florida pompano and king mackerel. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, bonefish and common snook, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray snapper, Spanish mackerel and red grouper. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Florida pompano peak from December through March. King mackerel peak from November through March.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cape Florida Anchorage63
Channel · 2.0 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 63
- King mackerel 61
- Gray snapper 57
10 kt ESEH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ftL 8:47 AM · 0.5 ft
- Biscayne Channel62
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 62
- Gray snapper 56
- King mackerel 54
10 kt ESEH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ftL 8:47 AM · 0.5 ft
- Cape Florida Channel62
Channel · 2.6 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 62
- Gray snapper 56
- King mackerel 54
10 kt ESEH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ftL 8:47 AM · 0.5 ft
- Cape Florida58
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 58
- King mackerel 56
- Spanish mackerel 56
10 kt ESEH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ftL 8:47 AM · 0.5 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.