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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 · 8 AM · Crevalle jack

75/100Great
Now
739 AM EDT
Best window
9-10 AMDawn
Tide now
Ebbing1.2 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score73Great
Tide1.2 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.7 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind8 kn WSWgusts 12 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 4 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% chance of rain
Water85°FObserved

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 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)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Crevalle jack is best here

Peak season for Crevalle jack · 10 more weeks at peak

Crevalle jack season by week of the year. Peak season for Crevalle jack · 10 more weeks at peak.
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Crevalle jack in Florida

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

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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Legare Anchorage

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    80
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 80
    • Common snook 77
    • Atlantic tarpon 77

    2 kt EL 11:00 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:14 PM · 2.5 ft

  • Sands Cut

    Channel · 4.1 mi

    80
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 80
    • Crevalle jack 79
    • Atlantic tarpon 77

    2 kt EL 1:31 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:04 PM · 1.6 ft

  • Bowles Bank

    Bar · 3.0 mi

    77
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 77
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Atlantic tarpon 71

    2 kt EL 12:41 PM · 0.6 ftH 6:45 PM · 1.8 ft

  • Bache Shoal

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    75
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 75
    • Crevalle jack 73
    • Atlantic tarpon 69

    2 kt EL 11:00 AM · 0.8 ftH 5:14 PM · 2.5 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.