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Best score today · 10 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 372 PM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
23Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
62Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
38Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
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
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 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))
- King mackerel Retention open (3 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))
- 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
- 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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Old Rhodes Bank
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Outer · ExposedBank · 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 Old Rhodes Bank
Old Rhodes Bank is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 10-15 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, red drum and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, red drum, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, red grouper and Florida pompano. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Red drum peak from October through February. 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.
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Broad Creek65
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Red drum 63
- Crevalle jack 60
9 kt ENEL 2:32 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:56 PM · 1.5 ft
- Angelfish Creek65
Gut · 2.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Red drum 62
- Crevalle jack 59
9 kt ENEL 2:30 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:12 PM · 1.1 ft
- Old Rhodes Channel64
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 64
- Crevalle jack 60
- Red drum 60
9 kt ENEL 2:32 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:56 PM · 1.5 ft
- Old Rhodes Point59
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 59
- Red drum 55
- Crevalle jack 54
9 kt ENEL 2:32 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:56 PM · 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.