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Cape · Florida

Coon Point

25.47°N · 80.19°W · Cape · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia

77/100Great
Now
315 AM EST
Best window
7-9 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High1.7 ft

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24-hour conditions

Monday, Nov 9 · 12 AM

Time12A
Score54Good
Tide1.4 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb2.1 kn · toward ESE
Wind1 kn NNWgusts 5 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.5 ft · 6 s
Air temp71°Warm
WeatherOvercast94% cloud
Water82°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Cobia

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 36 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
  • 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 yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 3 more weeks at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 3 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Coon Point

Depth
2-7 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

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 Coon Point

Coon Point is a cape in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, Florida pompano and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, crevalle jack, red drum and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Florida pompano peak from December through March. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
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.
Florida pompano
Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sea Grape Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    66
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 66
    • Crevalle jack 59
    • Red drum 58

    5 kt ENEL 9:12 AM · 0.6 ftH 3:26 PM · 2.9 ft

  • Sands Cut

    Channel · 1.7 mi

    60
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 60
    • Crevalle jack 52
    • Atlantic tarpon 52

    5 kt ENEL 11:43 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:16 PM · 1.8 ft

  • Point Adelle

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    55
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 55
    • Florida pompano 51
    • Crevalle jack 46

    5 kt ENEH 5:07 AM · 1.8 ftL 12:02 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Ott Point

    Cape · 2.1 mi

    55
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 55
    • Florida pompano 52
    • Red drum 47

    5 kt ENEH 5:07 AM · 1.8 ftL 12:02 PM · 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.