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Best score today · 12 PM · Permit
- Now
- 301 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 AM-2 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.8 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
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Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
68Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
43Wind: 16 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 83°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Permit
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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
- 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)
- 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Permit is best here
Shoulder season for Permit · 17 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Triumph Reef
- Depth
- 20-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonPermit
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 19 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, common snook and king mackerel. It is peak season now for common snook, king mackerel, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray snapper, red grouper and greater amberjack. Florida pompano peak from December through March. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March.
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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sands Cut74
Channel · 4.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 74
- Crevalle jack 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
6 kt ENEH 2:24 AM · 1.7 ftL 9:25 AM · 0.3 ft
- Bowles Bank69
Bar · 3.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 69
- Crevalle jack 64
- King mackerel 64
6 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 2.0 ftL 8:38 AM · 0.5 ft
- Legare Anchorage63
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 63
- Atlantic tarpon 61
- Crevalle jack 60
6 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 ft
- Bache Shoal62
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 62
- Florida pompano 59
- Red drum 56
6 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 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.