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Gray snapperRetention openCape · Florida
Yamato Rock
26.39°N · 80.07°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM
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Best score today · 11 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 568 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 AM-1 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.6 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
30Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.6 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 86°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Gray snapper
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day (10 snapper combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 10 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round in Gulf and Atlantic state waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Counts toward the 10-snapper aggregate per person per day. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Federal waters have a 12-inch minimum and a 10-fish bag.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Snappers, 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 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Yamato Rock
- Depth
- 4-25 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGray snapper
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 Yamato Rock
Yamato Rock is a cape in Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 4-25 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 21 species here; the best right now are bonefish, common snook and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for bonefish, Atlantic tarpon, permit and gray snapper. Bonefish peak from March through May and from October through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Bonefish
- Bonefish push onto shallow sand and grass flats with the rising tide to root for shrimp, crabs and clams, often in water under 2 feet deep, and fall back to channel edges and deeper flats as the tide drops. Most fish are sight cast to with a small shrimp or crab fly, a light jig or a live shrimp, which takes bright sun, light wind and a quiet approach. They are catch and release only in Florida, and in Hawaii many anglers also fish bait from shore along sand channels and reef edges.
- Common snook
- Snook ambush bait around mangrove shorelines, bridge and dock lights, jetties and the mouths of passes and inlets, generally in 2 to 15 feet of water. Fish moving water, especially the outgoing tide, with a live pilchard, pinfish or shrimp, or a jerkbait or soft plastic swum past the structure. In summer they spawn along beaches and inlets, and in winter they crowd into rivers, canals and deep backcountry creeks where the water stays warmer.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Hillsboro Inlet81
Bay · 9.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 81
- Crevalle jack 78
- Atlantic tarpon 74
4 kt SEL 12:44 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:57 PM · 2.9 ft
- Hillsboro Bay77
Bay · 9.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 77
- Crevalle jack 74
- Bonefish 70
4 kt SEL 12:44 PM · 0.7 ftH 6:57 PM · 2.9 ft
- Boynton Inlet74
Bay · 11 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 74
- Crevalle jack 70
- Atlantic tarpon 67
4 kt SL 2:48 PM · 0.7 ftH 8:18 PM · 2.9 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.