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Mile Point Lower Range and Turn

30.38°N · 81.45°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia

80/100Great
Now
442 PM EDT
Best window
5-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.9 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 PM · now

Time2PNOW
Score44Fair
Tide0.9 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentEbb1.8 kn · toward ESE
Wind10 kn NEgusts 21 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.6 ft · 4 s
Air temp81°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy100% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Cobia

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 36 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
  • 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)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Mile Point Lower Range and Turn

Depth
20-50 ftDrop-off
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · drop-off
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

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 Mile Point Lower Range and Turn

Mile Point Lower Range and Turn is a channel in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 20-50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, king mackerel and summer flounder. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, summer flounder and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, greater amberjack, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Summer flounder peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
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.
King mackerel
Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sherman Cut Range

    Channel · 0.7 mi

    67
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 67
    • Summer flounder 65
    • King mackerel 64

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

  • Chicopit Bay

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    64
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • King mackerel 61
    • Red drum 61

    10 kt NEH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ftL 1:44 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Mayport Cut Range

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    64
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 64
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • Summer flounder 62

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

  • Training Wall Reach

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    64
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 64
    • Summer flounder 63
    • Atlantic croaker 61

    10 kt NEH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ftL 1:44 AM · 0.7 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.