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Best score today · 6 AM · Florida pompano
- Now
- 445 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.6 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Tuesday, Nov 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
30Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.2 ftSeason & habitat · Florida pompano
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Florida pompano
Retention open- Daily limit
- 6 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 11 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Hook and line, cast net, and beach or haul seine only. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Open year-round in state and federal waters.
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
- 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)
- 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 Florida pompano is best here
Shoulder season for Florida pompano · 4 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 seasonFlorida pompano
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 king mackerel, red drum and common snook. It is peak season now for king mackerel, red drum, common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for gray snapper, red grouper, greater amberjack and black drum. King mackerel peak from November through March. Red drum peak from October through February. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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
- Legare Anchorage71
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 71
- Crevalle jack 68
- Common snook 67
7 kt EL 8:05 AM · 0.6 ftH 2:25 PM · 2.9 ft
- Sands Cut69
Channel · 4.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Common snook 68
- Crevalle jack 65
7 kt EL 10:36 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:15 PM · 1.8 ft
- Bache Shoal66
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Common snook 65
- Crevalle jack 63
7 kt EL 8:05 AM · 0.6 ftH 2:25 PM · 2.9 ft
- Bowles Bank66
Bar · 3.0 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 66
- Red drum 66
- Common snook 65
7 kt EL 9:43 AM · 0.5 ftH 3:47 PM · 2.0 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.