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Best score today · 7 AM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 3711 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMNight bite
- Tide now
- Low0.5 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 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Greater amberjack
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 28 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Apr 1
- Other
- Private-vessel anglers need the State Reef Fish Angler designation. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Open January through March and May through December. Closed in April.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Amberjack, 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)
- 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 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 Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 16 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Biscayne Waterway
- Depth
- 1-7 ft
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Protected
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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 Waterway
Biscayne Waterway is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 1-7 ft. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, red drum and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, red drum, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper, black drum and permit. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Red drum peak from October through February. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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.
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Meloy Channel72
Channel · 3.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Red drum 67
- Crevalle jack 65
6 kt EH 4:06 AM · 3.0 ftL 10:18 AM · 0.7 ft
- Indian Creek68
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 68
- Red drum 65
- Atlantic tarpon 62
6 kt EL 11:36 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:37 AM · 2.6 ft
- Surprise Waterway63
Gut · 0.6 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 63
- Red drum 60
- Crevalle jack 56
6 kt EH 5:01 AM · 2.6 ftL 11:16 AM · 0.6 ft
- Main Channel63
Channel · 3.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 63
- Red drum 58
- Crevalle jack 56
6 kt EH 4:58 AM · 2.6 ftL 11:28 AM · 0.6 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.