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Best score today · 9 AM · Permit

66/100Great

Now: 528 AM EDT
Best window: 8-10 AMDawn

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Best days to fish

Best: today · 66

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 AM · now

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Time8ANOW

Score52Good

Current2.2 knmodeled · toward NNE

Wind9 kn SWgusts 15 · steady

Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s

Air temp80°Warm

WeatherOvercast69% chance of rain

Water87°FModel

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Special Permit Zone (SPZ)

IN EFFECT NOW

Permit

Retention open

Daily limit: 1 per day
Possession: Not published
Size: Minimum 22 in, fork length
Season: No closed season on file
Annual quota: Not published
Changes: Closed from Apr 1
Other: Hook and line only in state waters. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Closed April 1 through July 31 each year inside the Special Permit Zone.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Permit, Florida pompano and African pompano, 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)
Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
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 yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Permit is best here

Shoulder season for Permit · 22 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 seasonPermit

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

Permit: Permit cruise flat edges and channels in 2 to 6 feet of water in the Keys and Biscayne Bay, and school over wrecks and reefs in 30 to 120 feet, especially during the spring spawn. A live or artificial crab is the standard bait, cast ahead of a tailing fish on the flats or dropped to a school on a wreck. They spook easily in shallow water, so good light and a long, quiet cast are needed.
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.