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Best score today · 6 PM · King mackerel
- Now
- 4310 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMNight bite
- 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 2.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 3 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
73Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
King mackerel
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 24 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Hook and line and spearing only. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: King Mackerel, 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)
- 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When King mackerel is best here
Peak season for King mackerel · 21 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Point Adelle
- Depth
- 9-20 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonKing mackerel
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 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 Atlantic tarpon, black drum, gray snapper and little tunny. 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
- 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.
- 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
- Sea Grape Point61
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 61
- Red drum 60
- Crevalle jack 55
3 kt EH 1:43 AM · 2.8 ftL 8:05 AM · 0.6 ft
- Ott Point53
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 53
- Red drum 52
- Crevalle jack 46
3 kt EL 10:35 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.9 ft
- Coon Point53
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 53
- Red drum 52
- Crevalle jack 45
3 kt EL 10:37 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.7 ft
- Margot Fish Shoal53
Bar · 1.6 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 53
- Red drum 52
- Black drum 47
3 kt EL 10:35 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.9 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.