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Fort George Inlet

30.42°N · 81.41°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 9 AM · Wahoo

81/100Great
Now
451 PM EDT
Best window
2-6 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.3 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 86

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score45Good
Tide1.3 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentEbb1.7 kn · toward E
Wind10 kn NEgusts 21 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.5 ft · 4 s
Air temp80°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy100% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Wahoo

Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
No minimum size. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Wahoo, 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
  • 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 (2 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)
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Spot profile

Fort George Inlet

Depth
1-6 ftNearest water
Structure
Inlet · Inner · ProtectedInlet · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonWahoo

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 Fort George Inlet

Fort George Inlet is a bay in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, summer flounder and king mackerel. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, summer flounder, king mackerel and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and weakfish. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Summer flounder peak from September through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Wahoo
Wahoo patrol drop-offs, seamounts, rigs and weed lines where current and temperature breaks meet, usually along the 100 to 600 foot contours. High-speed trolling at 12 to 18 knots with weighted lures covers ground, and slower trolling with ballyhoo or diving plugs works over known structure. Use wire leader, because their teeth cut monofilament.
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.
Summer flounder
Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.

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    62
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 62
    • King mackerel 62
    • Florida pompano 59

    10 kt NEH 6:52 PM · 5.5 ftL 1:00 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Deep Creek

    Gut · 2.1 mi

    60
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 60
    • Red drum 57
    • Gray snapper 56

    10 kt NEH 7:45 PM · 4.9 ftL 1:58 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Mayport Cut Range

    Channel · 2.2 mi

    60
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 60
    • King mackerel 56
    • Summer flounder 56

    10 kt NEH 7:16 PM · 5.2 ftL 1:13 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Fort George River

    Gut · 1.7 mi

    53
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 53
    • Atlantic croaker 52
    • Summer flounder 50

    10 kt NEH 7:27 PM · 5.3 ftL 1:54 AM · 0.8 ft

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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.