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Rayonier Reach

30.66°N · 81.48°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish

84/100Great
Now
797 AM EST
Best window
5-9 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.6 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score79Great
Tide1.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.6 kn · toward ENE
Wind12 kn Egusts 22 · steady
Air temp73°Warm
WeatherOvercast53% chance of rain
Water71°FObserved

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 Closed (No retention)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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When Weakfish is best here

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Spot profile

Rayonier Reach

Depth
10-20 ftSlope
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
Season
Peak 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 Rayonier Reach

Rayonier Reach is a channel in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spotted seatrout and black sea bass. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, black sea bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, spot and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November.

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.
Spotted seatrout
Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Kingsley Creek

    Gut · 3.3 mi

    85
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 85
    • Spotted seatrout 83
    • Little tunny 81

    9 kt EL 8:48 AM · 0.9 ftH 3:27 PM · 6.8 ft

  • Seaboard Reach

    Channel · 1.3 mi

    81
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 81
    • Spotted seatrout 78
    • Little tunny 77

    12 kt EL 8:23 AM · 0.9 ftH 3:00 PM · 6.9 ft

  • Old Town Reach

    Channel · 1.7 mi

    81
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 81
    • Spotted seatrout 79
    • Little tunny 77

    12 kt EL 8:23 AM · 0.9 ftH 3:00 PM · 6.9 ft

  • City Front Reach

    Channel · 0.7 mi

    79
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 79
    • Spotted seatrout 77
    • Black sea bass 76

    12 kt EL 8:23 AM · 0.9 ftH 3:00 PM · 6.9 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.