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Best score today · 6 PM · Bluefish
- Now
- 356 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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
Tuesday, Nov 10 · 1 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
82Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 3 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.8 ftSeason & habitat · Bluefish
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Bluefish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 3 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 12 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Hook and line, spears, gigs, seine or cast net.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Bluefish, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
- Black drum Retention open (5 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)
- 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 Bluefish is best here
Out of season for Bluefish · shoulder season starts in 5 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cape Florida Anchorage
- Depth
- 15-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- Season
- Off seasonBluefish
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 Cape Florida Anchorage
Cape Florida Anchorage is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, king mackerel and common snook. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, common snook and red drum, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, gray snapper, Atlantic tarpon and black drum. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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.
- 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 Channel77
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 77
- Common snook 75
- Red drum 72
10 kt EL 8:18 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ft
- Biscayne Channel77
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 77
- Common snook 75
- Red drum 72
10 kt EL 8:18 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:19 AM · 2.4 ft
- South Basin77
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 77
- Common snook 74
- Red drum 71
10 kt EL 9:12 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:52 AM · 2.3 ft
- Cape Florida74
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 74
- Crevalle jack 73
- King mackerel 71
10 kt EL 8:18 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:19 AM · 2.4 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.