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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3010 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
95Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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 (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 Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Biscayne Flats
- Depth
- 5-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Flat · Outer · ExposedFlat · slope
- Season
- Shoulder 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 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.