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Crevalle jackRetention open

Bar · Florida

Triumph Reef

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

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Best score today · 12 PM · Crevalle jack

73/100Great
Now
5712 AM EDT
Best window
4-7 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding2.5 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Nov 5 · 9 AM

Time9A
Score75Great
Tide1.2 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.7 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind7 kn NNWgusts 17 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 7 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherClear17% cloud
Water82°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Crevalle jack

Retention open
Daily limit
Not published
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 Crevalle jack is best here

Peak season for Crevalle jack · 4 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Triumph Reef

Depth
20-25 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonCrevalle jack

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, common snook and gray snapper. It is peak season now for king mackerel, common snook, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for gray snapper, Florida pompano, red grouper and greater amberjack. King mackerel peak from November through March. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Gray snapper peak from May through August.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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 Cut

    Channel · 4.1 mi

    75
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 75
    • Crevalle jack 70
    • Red drum 69

    6 kt ENEH 2:24 AM · 1.7 ftL 9:25 AM · 0.3 ft

  • Legare Anchorage

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • Crevalle jack 69
    • Red drum 66

    6 kt ENEH 1:34 AM · 2.8 ftL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Bache Shoal

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • Red drum 63

    6 kt ENEH 1:34 AM · 2.8 ftL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Bowles Bank

    Bar · 3.0 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • King mackerel 66
    • Crevalle jack 65

    6 kt ENEH 1:55 AM · 2.0 ftL 8:38 AM · 0.5 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.