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Common snookRetention open

Bar · Florida

Triumph Reef

25.49°N · 80.12°W · Bar · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 11 AM · Crevalle jack

69/100Great
Now
587 PM EDT
Best window
9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.1 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Sep 25 · 12 PM

Time12P
Score75Great
Tide1.1 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.7 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind2 kn SSWgusts 15 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.6 ft · 10 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast77% chance of rain
Water86°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Snook

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Slot 28 to 32 in, total length
Season
Sep 1 to Dec 14, 2026
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Check regulations from Dec 15
Other
Snook permit and saltwater fishing license required. Must stay whole until landed ashore. For-hire captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Hook and line only. Closed December 15 through January 31 and June 1 through August 31. Open February 1 through May 31 and September 1 through December 14. Regional rules apply in inland, state and adjacent federal waters.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snook, 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)
  • 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)
  • Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Common snook is best here

Peak season for Common snook · 10 more weeks at peak

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Common snook in Florida

Spot profile

Triumph Reef

Depth
20-25 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonCommon snook

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 Triumph Reef

Triumph Reef is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, outer water and exposed.

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

Tackle & technique

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 grouper
Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sands Cut

    Channel · 4.1 mi

    77
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Common snook 75
    • Atlantic tarpon 75

    4 kt NEL 10:05 PM · 0.7 ftH 3:12 AM · 1.5 ft

  • Bowles Bank

    Bar · 3.0 mi

    72
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 72
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 67

    4 kt NEL 9:24 PM · 0.8 ftH 2:58 AM · 1.8 ft

  • Legare Anchorage

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    68
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 68
    • Atlantic tarpon 66
    • Common snook 64

    4 kt NEH 1:22 AM · 2.5 ftL 7:59 AM · 0.8 ft

  • Bache Shoal

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    64
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 64
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Atlantic tarpon 61

    4 kt NEH 1:22 AM · 2.5 ftL 7:59 AM · 0.8 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.