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Crevalle jackRetention openBar · Florida
The Rocks
24.94°N · 80.56°W · Bar · Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound
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Best score today · 1 PM · Crevalle jack
- Now
- 658 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
78Wind: 1 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 87°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Crevalle jack
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
Crevalle jack
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, 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)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- 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 (3 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
- Permit Retention open (1 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 Catch & release (No retention)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open
- 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Crevalle jack is best here
Peak season for Crevalle jack · 9 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
The Rocks
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonCrevalle jack
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 The Rocks
The Rocks is a bar in Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are common snook, crevalle jack and gray snapper. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for gray snapper, red grouper, Atlantic tarpon and permit. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Gray snapper peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cowpens Anchorage75
Channel · 2.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 75
- Common snook 74
- Atlantic tarpon 72
1 kt NWH 9:58 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:04 AM · 0.2 ft
- Whale Harbor65
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Crevalle jack 63
- Atlantic tarpon 56
1 kt NWL 1:55 AM · 0.2 ftH 7:39 AM · 1.8 ft
- Hen and Chickens64
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 64
- Crevalle jack 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
1 kt NWH 9:58 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:04 AM · 0.2 ft
- Snake Creek62
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 62
- Common snook 60
- Red drum 58
1 kt NWL 3:00 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:40 AM · 1.0 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.