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Horseshoe Creek

30.44°N · 81.46°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 9 AM · Wahoo

79/100Great
Now
3712 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.3 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 81

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 12 PM · now

Time12PNOW
Score37Fair
Tide1.3 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind10 kn NEgusts 21 · steady
Air temp79°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy92% 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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Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Wahoo is best here

Shoulder season for Wahoo · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Horseshoe Creek

Depth
1-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Horseshoe Creek

Horseshoe Creek is a bay in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack, red drum and spot, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, black sea bass, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Red drum peak from August through November.

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.
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.
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.

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  • Deep Creek

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    69
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 69
    • Gray snapper 65
    • King mackerel 65

    10 kt NEL 1:24 PM · 1.0 ftH 7:45 PM · 4.9 ft

  • Hannah Mills Creek

    Gut · 2.3 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 64

    10 kt NEL 1:24 PM · 1.0 ftH 7:45 PM · 4.9 ft

  • Fort George River

    Gut · 2.0 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • Gray snapper 60

    10 kt NEL 1:15 PM · 0.9 ftH 7:27 PM · 5.3 ft

  • Broward Creek

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    63
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Atlantic croaker 62
    • Red drum 61

    10 kt NEL 12:59 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:21 PM · 5.6 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.