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Greater amberjackRetention open

Cape · Florida

Point Adelle

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

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Best score today · 6 PM · Greater amberjack

74/100Great
Now
469 PM EST
Best window
9-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.8 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 13 · 3 AM

Time3A
Score55Good
Tide1.4 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.9 kn · toward ESE
Wind4 kn ENEgusts 8 · steady
Air temp66°Mild
WeatherClear15% cloud
Water82°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Greater amberjack

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 28 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Closed from Apr 1
Other
Private-vessel anglers need the State Reef Fish Angler designation. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Open January through March and May through December. Closed in April.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Amberjack, 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)
  • 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)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Greater amberjack is best here

Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 16 more weeks at shoulder

Greater amberjack season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 16 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 seasonGreater amberjack

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, gray snapper, black drum and red grouper. 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

Greater amberjack
Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
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

  • Ott Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    62
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 62
    • Red drum 61
    • Crevalle jack 58

    4 kt EL 10:35 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.9 ft

  • Margot Fish Shoal

    Bar · 1.6 mi

    62
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 62
    • Red drum 61
    • Crevalle jack 58

    4 kt EL 10:35 PM · 0.7 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.9 ft

  • Sea Grape Point

    Cape · 1.1 mi

    61
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 61
    • Red drum 60
    • Crevalle jack 56

    4 kt EH 1:43 AM · 2.8 ftL 8:05 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Coon Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    61
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 61
    • Red drum 60
    • Crevalle jack 55

    4 kt EL 10:37 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:03 AM · 1.7 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.