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Best score today · 7 AM · Crevalle jack
- Now
- 726 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.0 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
Monday, Nov 16 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Crevalle jack
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Crevalle jack
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, 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)
- 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 Crevalle jack is best here
Peak season for Crevalle jack · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cape Florida
- Depth
- 7-20 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonCrevalle jack
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
Cape Florida is a cape in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 7-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, crevalle jack and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for common snook, crevalle jack, king mackerel and red drum, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, Atlantic tarpon, little tunny and gray snapper. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Spanish mackerel peak from December through March.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cape Florida Anchorage76
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 76
- Common snook 75
- King mackerel 73
5 kt EL 10:27 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:35 AM · 2.5 ft
- Cape Florida Channel75
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Crevalle jack 74
- Red drum 69
5 kt EL 10:27 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:35 AM · 2.5 ft
- Biscayne Channel75
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Crevalle jack 74
- Red drum 69
5 kt EL 10:27 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:35 AM · 2.5 ft
- South Basin73
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 73
- Crevalle jack 73
- Red drum 67
5 kt EL 11:21 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:08 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.