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Best score today · 7 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 392 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.2 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
Monday, Nov 9 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
63Tide: EbbingCurrent: 2.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Sheepshead
Retention open- Daily limit
- 8 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 12 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- State rules extend into federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Open year-round. A 50-fish vessel limit applies in March and April.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Sheepshead, 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 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))
- 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 Sheepshead is best here
Shoulder season for Sheepshead · 12 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Caesar Creek
- Depth
- 4-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Estuary · Outer · ExposedEstuary · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSheepshead
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 Caesar Creek
Caesar Creek is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads estuary, outer water and exposed.
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, Florida pompano, black drum and gray snapper. 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
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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
- Jones Point65
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Red drum 62
- Crevalle jack 61
7 kt EH 4:16 AM · 1.7 ftL 11:30 AM · 0.4 ft
- Pacific Reef Channel62
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 62
- Red drum 59
- Crevalle jack 55
7 kt EL 8:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 3:03 PM · 2.3 ft
- Hurricane Creek61
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Common snook 56
- Crevalle jack 55
7 kt EL 8:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 3:03 PM · 2.3 ft
- Caesar Creek Bank61
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 61
- Common snook 56
- King mackerel 56
7 kt EL 8:47 AM · 0.6 ftH 3:03 PM · 2.3 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.