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Devils Elbow

29.74°N · 81.25°W · Bend · Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia

73/100Great
Now
3011 AM EST
Best window
11 AM-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.6 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 3 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score35Fair
Tide2.9 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward SSE
Wind8 kn Egusts 15 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.9 ft · 7 s
Air temp72°Warm
WeatherClear19% cloud
Water74°FBias corrected

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 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 Cobia is best here

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Spot profile

Devils Elbow

Depth
1-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Off 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 Devils Elbow

Devils Elbow is a bend in Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, black sea bass and little tunny. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, black sea bass, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for king mackerel, sheepshead, crevalle jack and red snapper. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November.

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.
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.
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

  • Murat Point

    Cape · 2.5 mi

    73
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 73
    • Little tunny 69
    • Black sea bass 65

    9 kt EH 3:28 PM · 5.1 ftL 10:05 PM · 1.0 ft

  • French Cape

    Cape · 12 mi

    73
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 73
    • Little tunny 70
    • Black sea bass 66

    6 kt ENEH 2:40 PM · 5.2 ftL 9:04 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Saint Augustine Inlet

    Channel · 12 mi

    73
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 73
    • Black sea bass 71
    • Little tunny 71

    6 kt ENEH 2:40 PM · 5.2 ftL 9:04 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Matanzas Inlet

    Channel · 2.8 mi

    71
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 71
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 68

    9 kt EH 2:28 PM · 4.5 ftL 9:07 PM · 0.6 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.