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Best score today · 9 AM · Common snook
- Now
- 7111 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 17 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 4 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Common snook
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Snook
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Slot 28 to 32 in, total length
- Season
- Sep 1 to Dec 14, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Catch & release from Dec 15
- Other
- Snook permit and saltwater fishing license required. Must stay whole until landed ashore. For-hire captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Hook and line only. Closed December 15 through January 31 and June 1 through August 31. Open February 1 through May 31 and September 1 through December 14. Regional rules apply in inland, state and adjacent federal waters.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snook, 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)
- 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 Common snook is best here
Peak season for Common snook · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Mangrove Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonCommon snook
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 Mangrove Point
Mangrove Point is a cape in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 1-5 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, crevalle jack and king mackerel. It is peak season now for common snook, crevalle jack, king mackerel and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Midnight Pass80
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 80
- Common snook 79
- Red drum 75
7 kt ENEL 1:14 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:08 PM · 1.3 ft
- Cutter Bank73
Bar · 3.3 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 73
- Common snook 72
- Crevalle jack 71
9 kt EL 1:39 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:06 PM · 1.5 ft
- Pelican Bank73
Bar · 3.9 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 73
- Common snook 71
- Crevalle jack 71
7 kt ENEL 1:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:42 PM · 2.0 ft
- Turtle Point71
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Crevalle jack 71
- King mackerel 67
7 kt ENEL 1:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:42 PM · 2.0 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.