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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 341 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-10 AMNight bite
Data from: ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Sep 27 · 2 AM
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
39Light: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
31Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structure
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Permit Retention open (2 per day)
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 6 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Dynamite Pass
- Depth
- Not sampled
- Structure
- Pass
- Season
- Off seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13. Depths are feet below the DEM vertical datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Dynamite Pass
Dynamite Pass is a gut in Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Waterlands scores 16 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, bonefish, red drum and spotted seatrout. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September 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.
- 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.
- Atlantic tarpon
- Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Brice Fine Pass64
Channel · 4.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 64
- Crevalle jack 55
- Atlantic tarpon 55
2 kt SE
- Whiddens Pass64
Channel · 4.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 64
- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 60
2 kt SE
- Cochrans Pass62
Channel · 5.7 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 62
- Crevalle jack 53
- Atlantic tarpon 53
2 kt SE
- Observation Shoal56
Bar · 4.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 56
- Crevalle jack 46
- Atlantic tarpon 46
2 kt SE
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.