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Best score today · 7 PM · Spanish mackerel
- Now
- 5411 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.9 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Nov 5 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Spanish mackerel
Species seasonality
62Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Spanish mackerel
Retention open- Daily limit
- 15 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 12 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Beach or haul seine, cast net, hook and line, or spear. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spanish Mackerel, 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))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Snook Retention open (1 per day)
- Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
- 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 Spanish mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for Spanish mackerel · 3 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Caesar Creek Bank
- Depth
- 8-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Outer · ExposedBank · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpanish mackerel
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 Bank
Caesar Creek Bank is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 8-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bank, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, king mackerel and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, king mackerel, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red grouper, Atlantic tarpon and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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.
- 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
- Pacific Reef Channel71
Channel · 0.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Red drum 65
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt ESEH 3:32 AM · 2.2 ftL 9:54 AM · 0.6 ft
- Caesar Creek71
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Red drum 66
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt ESEH 3:32 AM · 2.2 ftL 9:54 AM · 0.6 ft
- Hurricane Creek66
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 66
- Red drum 66
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt ESEH 3:32 AM · 2.2 ftL 9:54 AM · 0.6 ft
- Jones Lagoon61
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Common snook 60
- Crevalle jack 58
11 kt ESEL 12:10 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:38 AM · 1.5 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.