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Atlantic croakerRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Common snook64
- Florida pompano62
- Red drum59
- Gray snapper57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Permit54
- Atlantic tarpon53
- Southern flounder53
- Black drum50
- Crevalle jack49
- Gag grouper49
- Gray triggerfish48
- King mackerel47
- Red grouper47
- Red snapper47
- Greater amberjack44
- Spotted seatrout44
- Cobia42
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 11 PM · Atlantic croaker
- Now
- 6911 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.0 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 2 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic croaker
Species seasonality
68Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Atlantic croaker
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- 100 pounds per person per day. No minimum size. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spot and Atlantic croaker, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 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 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)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic croaker is best here
Peak season for Atlantic croaker · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Point Ybel
- Depth
- 4-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonAtlantic croaker
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 Point Ybel
Point Ybel is a cape in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Florida. Depth is 4-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, red drum and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, permit and Atlantic tarpon. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- San Carlos Bay74
Bay · 2.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Common snook 69
- Florida pompano 66
2 kt NEH 11:29 AM · 2.8 ftL 6:01 PM · 0.7 ft
- Punta Rassa Cove74
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Red drum 69
- Common snook 64
2 kt NEH 11:29 AM · 2.8 ftL 6:01 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bodwitch Point69
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Florida pompano 62
- Common snook 60
2 kt NEH 11:19 AM · 3.0 ftL 6:00 PM · 0.7 ft
- Woodrings Point69
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Common snook 64
- Florida pompano 62
2 kt NEH 11:23 AM · 2.8 ftL 6:19 PM · 0.6 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.