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Best score today · 7 PM · Gray snapper

65/100Great

Now: 441 PM EDT
Best window: 2 PM-12 AMMoving water

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Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 67

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Score44Fair

Current2.6 knmodeled · toward NNE

Wind10 kn SSWgusts 15 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.5 ft · 4 s

Air temp84°Hot

WeatherMostly cloudy81% chance of rain

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Special Permit Zone (SPZ)

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

Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
Crevalle jack Retention open
Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
Permit Retention open (1 per day)
Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

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Source: FWC · synced today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Gray snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Straits of Florida

Depth: 2,700-2,800 ft
Structure: Channel · Outer · Exposed
Season: Shoulder seasonGray snapper

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 464 m grid. Depths are feet below mean sea level, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Straits of Florida

Straits of Florida is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 2,700-2,800 ft. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are common snook, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper, permit and red drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June.

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.
Crevalle jack: Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.