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Greater amberjackShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook60
- Atlantic croaker59
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Summer flounder59
- Crevalle jack58
- Southern flounder57
- Spot56
- King mackerel54
- Gray snapper53
- Red drum52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Little tunny50
- Weakfish49
- Black drum48
- Florida pompano48
- Black sea bass47
- Cobia47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Sheepshead46
- Gag grouper40
- Gray triggerfish39
- Red grouper39
- Red snapper38
- Greater amberjack37
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 3711 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMDusk
Data from: ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 3 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
32Light: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Greater amberjack is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- 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)
- 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 Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 10 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Whiddens Pass
- Depth
- About 3 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Pass · Inner · Semi-exposed
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 464 m grid. Depths are feet below mean sea level, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Whiddens Pass
Whiddens Pass is a channel in Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is about 3 ft. Its profile reads pass, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic croaker and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon and summer flounder, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, black drum and Florida pompano. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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 croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Crevalle jack 58
- Bonefish 53
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- Dynamite Pass58
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Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 58
- Crevalle jack 56
- Bonefish 52
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- Cochrans Pass58
Channel · 4.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 58
- Crevalle jack 56
- Bonefish 52
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- Observation Shoal52
Bar · 3.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 52
- Crevalle jack 49
- Bonefish 46
3 kt NE
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.