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Bay · Florida

Browns Bay

29.00°N · 80.89°W · Bay · Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 9 AM · Little tunny

65/100Great
Now
5810 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.5 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 73

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 PM · now

Time10PNOW
Score58Good
Tide0.5 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NW
Wind9 kn Egusts 18 · steady
Sea stateRough6.4 ft · 7 s
Air temp76°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy71% cloud
Water75°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Bluefish

Retention open
Daily limit
3 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Hook and line, spears, gigs, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Bluefish, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
  • Black drum Retention open (5 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 Catch & release (No retention)
  • 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 (2 per day)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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When Bluefish is best here

Peak season for Bluefish · 8 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Browns Bay

Depth
Up to 3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonBluefish

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 Browns Bay

Browns Bay is a bay in Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are bluefish, black sea bass and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for bluefish, black sea bass, Florida pompano and wahoo, and shoulder season for king mackerel, red snapper, greater amberjack and sailfish. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Little Snapper Cut

    Channel · 0.3 mi

    62
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 62
    • Florida pompano 55
    • King mackerel 55

    9 kt EH 1:19 AM · 2.2 ftL 7:32 AM · 0.1 ft

  • Big Snapper Cut

    Channel · 0.4 mi

    62
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 62
    • Florida pompano 55
    • King mackerel 55

    9 kt EH 1:19 AM · 2.2 ftL 7:32 AM · 0.1 ft

  • Snake Creek

    Bay · 0.3 mi

    58
    Top: BluefishPeak season
    • Bluefish 58
    • Black sea bass 56
    • Florida pompano 54

    9 kt EH 1:19 AM · 2.2 ftL 7:32 AM · 0.1 ft

  • Indian River North

    Channel · 2.1 mi

    49
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 49
    • Wahoo 49
    • Florida pompano 43

    9 kt EH 2:35 AM · 0.9 ftL 8:57 AM · 0.1 ft

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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.