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Best score today · 5 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 649 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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 · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
88Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
Gray snapper
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day (10 snapper combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 10 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round in Gulf and Atlantic state waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Counts toward the 10-snapper aggregate per person per day. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Federal waters have a 12-inch minimum and a 10-fish bag.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snappers, 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)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
- 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 Gray snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 25 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 seasonGray snapper
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, king mackerel and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, king mackerel, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, Atlantic tarpon and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
- 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.
- 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
- Broad Creek82
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 82
- Crevalle jack 79
- Red drum 78
7 kt ENEL 2:32 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:56 PM · 1.5 ft
- Old Rhodes Channel82
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 82
- Crevalle jack 79
- Red drum 76
7 kt ENEL 2:32 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:56 PM · 1.5 ft
- Angelfish Creek80
Gut · 2.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 80
- Bonefish 77
- Crevalle jack 76
7 kt ENEL 2:30 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:12 PM · 1.1 ft
- Old Rhodes Point77
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 77
- Crevalle jack 74
- Red drum 71
7 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.