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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish

82/100Great

Now: 598 AM EDT
Best window: 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now: Ebbing4.7 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 86

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Conditions · 8 AM · now

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Time8ANOW

Score59Good

Tide4.7 ft ▼Ebbing

CurrentSlack0.0 kn

Wind7 kn NNEgusts 12 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.7 ft · 5 s

Air temp76°Warm

WeatherPartly cloudy45% chance of rain

Water84°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.

Species rules 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)
Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Fort George Inlet

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

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, Atlantic tarpon and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano, little tunny and weakfish. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.

Tackle & technique

Weakfish: Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
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 tarpon: Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.

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