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Mahi-mahiRetention open

Channel · Florida

Mayport Cut Range

30.39°N · 81.43°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 5 AM · Mahi-mahi

80/100Great
Now
4710 AM EDT
Best window
10 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.6 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score47Good
Tide2.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.5 kn · toward NNE
Wind8 kn NNEgusts 19 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 5 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy77% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Mahi-mahi

Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 20 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Private boats: 5 per person or 30 per vessel, whichever is less. For-hire vessels: 5 per paying customer; no 30-fish cap. Hook and line or spearing.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Dolphinfish/Mahi-Mahi, 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)
  • 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)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Mahi-mahi is best here

Shoulder season for Mahi-mahi · 1 more week at shoulder

Mahi-mahi season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Mahi-mahi · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Mahi-mahi in Florida

Spot profile

Mayport Cut Range

Depth
40-50 ftSlope
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonMahi-mahi

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 Mayport Cut Range

Mayport Cut Range is a channel in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 40-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, gray snapper and summer flounder. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, gray snapper, summer flounder and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, weakfish, black sea bass and little tunny. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Summer flounder peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Mahi-mahi
Mahi feed near the surface along weedlines, floating debris, buoys and current edges offshore, in water from the low 70s to the low 80s. Troll ballyhoo or small skirted lures along the weed, and when a school comes up behind the boat keep one hooked fish in the water while you pitch cut bait or jigs to the rest. Look for birds working over weed and flotsam.
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.
Gray snapper
Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 78
    • Gray snapper 75
    • King mackerel 75

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ft

  • Sherman Cut Range

    Channel · 0.5 mi

    77
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Gray snapper 74
    • Summer flounder 74

    8 kt NNEL 12:39 PM · 1.0 ftH 7:16 PM · 5.2 ft

  • Chicopit Bay

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    77
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Red drum 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ft

  • Training Wall Reach

    Channel · 1.9 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Crevalle jack 76
    • Atlantic tarpon 73

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 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.