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CobiaRetention openCape · Florida
Cedar Point
28.52°N · 82.67°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook70
- Red drum70
- Atlantic croaker67
- Gray snapper64
- Crevalle jack62
- Permit62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Spanish mackerel60
- Southern flounder59
- Gag grouper58
- Black drum57
- King mackerel57
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red grouper55
- Red snapper54
- Cobia52
- Florida pompano52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Greater amberjack51
- Yellowfin tuna45
- Sailfish40
- Mahi-mahi39
- Wahoo39
- Sheepshead35
Best score today · 11 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 524 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.9 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
90Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 7 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
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
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (1 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
- Permit Retention open (2 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
- Red snapper Retention open (2 per day (10 snapper combined))
- 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
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (5 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cedar Point
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are common snook, red drum and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for common snook, red drum, Atlantic croaker and gray snapper, and shoulder season for crevalle jack, permit, Atlantic tarpon and Spanish mackerel. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Red drum peak from September through November. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- Red drum
- Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Fiddlers Point70
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- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 67
7 kt EL 7:37 PM · 0.9 ftH 1:49 AM · 2.4 ft
- Centipede Bay70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 70
- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 66
7 kt EL 7:37 PM · 0.9 ftH 1:49 AM · 2.4 ft
- Rice Creek Bay70
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 70
- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 67
7 kt EL 8:02 PM · 0.7 ftH 1:01 AM · 2.8 ft
- Coon Key Point70
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 70
- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 67
7 kt EL 8:02 PM · 0.7 ftH 1:01 AM · 2.8 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.