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Spanish mackerelRetention open

Bend · Florida

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 · 6 PM · Spanish mackerel

74/100Great
Now
358 PM EST
Best window
10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.4 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 81

24-hour conditions

Sunday, Nov 8 · 5 PM

Time5P
Score35Fair
Tide1.9 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward NW
Wind6 kn NEgusts 14 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.5 ft · 8 s
Air temp73°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy40% cloud
Water75°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Spanish mackerel

Retention open
Daily limit
15 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Beach or haul seine, cast net, hook and line, or spear. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spanish Mackerel, 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 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)
  • 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)
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When Spanish mackerel is best here

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Spot profile

Devils Elbow

Depth
1-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Off seasonSpanish mackerel

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 black sea bass, bluefish and little tunny. It is peak season now for black sea bass, bluefish, little tunny and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for king mackerel, sheepshead, red snapper and striped bass. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Little tunny peak from October through November.

Tackle & technique

Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
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.
Bluefish
Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.

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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.