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Crevalle jackRetention open

Cape · Florida

Cedar Point

26.92°N · 82.34°W · Cape · Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound

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Best score today · 10 PM · Crevalle jack

74/100Great
Now
4812 PM EDT
Best window
9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.6 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 12 PM · now

Time12PNOW
Score48Good
Tide1.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind3 kn SSWgusts 10 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 4 s
Air temp85°Hot
WeatherOvercast65% chance of rain
Water87°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier 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
  • Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
  • Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
  • Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
  • Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
  • Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
  • Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
  • Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Gray triggerfish Retention open (1 per day)
  • Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
  • King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
  • Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
  • Permit Retention open (2 per day)
  • Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
  • Red grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
  • Red snapper Retention open (2 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
  • Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
  • Snook Catch & release (No retention)
  • Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open
  • 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 Crevalle jack is best here

Shoulder season for Crevalle jack · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Crevalle jack season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Crevalle jack · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Crevalle jack in Florida

Spot profile

Cedar Point

Depth
3-7 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder 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 Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a cape in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and gray snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, Florida pompano, gag grouper and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September.

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.
Atlantic croaker
Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
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

  • Deer Creek

    Bend · 1.4 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Common snook 68
    • Red drum 65

    3 kt SSWL 6:47 PM · 0.4 ftH 1:35 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Stump Pass

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 64

    3 kt SSWL 6:47 PM · 0.4 ftH 1:35 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Redfish Cove

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 70
    • Common snook 67
    • Gray snapper 62

    3 kt SSWL 6:47 PM · 0.4 ftH 1:35 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Point of Pines

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    63
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Common snook 62
    • Gray snapper 56

    3 kt SSWL 6:47 PM · 0.4 ftH 1:35 AM · 1.3 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.