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Gray snapperRetention open

Cape · Florida

Point Adelle

25.45°N · 80.19°W · Cape · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 7 AM · Gray snapper

75/100Great
Now
404 AM EST
Best window
6-9 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High1.9 ft

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 10 · 12 AM

Time12A
Score65Great
Tide1.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.9 kn · toward ESE
Wind3 kn WSWgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 4 s
Air temp70°Warm
WeatherClear10% cloud
Water82°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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 (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 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 Gray snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 25 more weeks at shoulder

Gray snapper season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 25 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Point Adelle

Depth
9-20 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Point Adelle

Point Adelle is a cape in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 9-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

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

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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sea Grape Point

    Cape · 1.1 mi

    61
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 61
    • Red drum 61
    • Crevalle jack 58

    7 kt EL 8:05 AM · 0.6 ftH 2:25 PM · 2.9 ft

  • Margot Fish Shoal

    Bar · 1.6 mi

    57
    Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season
    • Florida pompano 57
    • Common snook 49
    • Red drum 49

    7 kt EL 11:01 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.9 ft

  • Ott Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    50
    Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season
    • Florida pompano 50
    • Common snook 49
    • Red drum 49

    7 kt EL 11:01 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:42 PM · 1.9 ft

  • Coon Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    50
    Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season
    • Florida pompano 50
    • Common snook 49
    • Red drum 49

    7 kt EL 11:06 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:45 PM · 1.8 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.