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Cape · Florida

Vilano Point

29.91°N · 81.29°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
485 PM EDT
Best window
5 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding4.0 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 5 PM · now

Time5PNOW
Score48Good
Tide4.0 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward S
Wind6 kn NEgusts 19 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.4 ft · 4 s
Air temp76°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy100% chance of rain
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Vilano Point

Depth
8-40 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Vilano Point

Vilano Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 8-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

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

  • Saint Augustine Inlet

    Channel · 0.3 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Crevalle jack 76
    • King mackerel 71

    6 kt NEH 7:01 PM · 4.9 ftL 1:15 AM · 0.9 ft

  • French Cape

    Cape · 0.7 mi

    73
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • King mackerel 71

    6 kt NEH 7:01 PM · 4.9 ftL 1:15 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Devils Elbow

    Bend · 12 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 70
    • Crevalle jack 69
    • King mackerel 67

    10 kt NEH 7:57 PM · 4.8 ftL 2:22 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Murat Point

    Cape · 9.7 mi

    69
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 69
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • King mackerel 66

    10 kt NEH 7:57 PM · 4.8 ftL 2:22 AM · 0.9 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.