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WeakfishShoulder seasonBay · Florida
Nassau Sound
30.51°N · 81.44°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano69
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack62
- King mackerel59
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Red drum55
- Summer flounder55
- Gray snapper52
- Spanish mackerel51
- Mahi-mahi46
- Black sea bass45
- Little tunny45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red grouper43
- Red snapper43
- Greater amberjack42
- Weakfish42
- Wahoo41
- Cobia38
- Black drum36
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Sheepshead35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 427 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High5.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
41Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
82Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
32Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Weakfish · peak season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Nassau Sound
- Depth
- 5-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
- 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 Nassau Sound
Nassau Sound is a bay in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 5-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, Atlantic croaker and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, mahi-mahi and black sea bass. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Seymour Point73
Cape · 5.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 70
10 kt NEL 2:17 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:49 AM · 4.5 ft
- Broward Creek70
Bay · 3.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 64
10 kt NEL 1:38 AM · 0.7 ftH 7:38 AM · 5.4 ft
- Horseshoe Creek70
Bay · 4.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 64
10 kt NEL 1:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:44 AM · 5.1 ft
- Fort George River67
Gut · 4.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Florida pompano 64
- Spot 62
10 kt NEL 1:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 7:44 AM · 5.1 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.