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SailfishRetention openBay · Florida
Blue Hole Creek
27.53°N · 80.32°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook67
- Southern flounder67
- Atlantic tarpon66
- Red drum65
- Crevalle jack59
- Gray snapper58
- Summer flounder56
- Spotted seatrout54
- Atlantic croaker53
- King mackerel51
- Spot51
- Weakfish51
- Little tunny48
- Spanish mackerel46
- Florida pompano41
- Wahoo41
- Cobia40
- Black drum38
- Greater amberjack38
- Black sea bass35
- Bluefish35
- Red snapper35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Mahi-mahi34
- Gray triggerfish32
- Red grouper32
- Sheepshead30
- Sailfish27
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 4 PM · Sailfish
- Now
- 271 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
45Tide: EbbingCurrent: 2.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
67Wind: 2 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 86°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Sailfish
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Sailfish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day (1 billfish combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 63 in, lower jaw fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Report landed billfish to NOAA within 24 hours. A federal HMS Angling Permit is needed in federal waters, not in state waters. Sailfish you plan to release may not be removed from the water in federal waters, or in state waters if you hold an HMS permit. 1 billfish per person per day. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Billfish, Tuna, and Swordfish, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (3 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
- 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 (50 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (2 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 Sailfish is best here
Out of season for Sailfish · shoulder season starts in 6 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Blue Hole Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonSailfish
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 Blue Hole Creek
Blue Hole Creek is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, southern flounder and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, southern flounder, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Southern flounder peak from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Sailfish
- Sailfish feed along reef edges and color changes, usually in 80 to 240 feet off Southeast Florida and farther out along the Gulf and Carolina shelf edge. Fly live goggle-eyes, pilchards or threadfins from kites, or slow-troll live ballyhoo, on non-offset circle hooks. In winter the best bite often comes the day or two after a cold front, when north wind stacks bait along the edge.
- 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.
- Southern flounder
- Flounder lie half buried on soft bottom along marsh edges, creek mouths, dock pilings and the sandy sides of passes, usually in 1 to 15 feet of water. Drag a mud minnow or finger mullet on a Carolina rig, or bump a soft plastic slowly along the bottom, and give the fish a few seconds before setting the hook. In fall the adults stack up at passes and jetties on their way offshore, and many anglers gig them at night in knee-deep water.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Blue Hole Point73
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Common snook 70
- Gray snapper 67
2 kt SL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ft
- Big Starvation Cove73
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 73
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Crevalle jack 68
2 kt SL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ft
- Garfield Cut67
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Common snook 65
- Atlantic croaker 61
2 kt SL 2:09 AM · 0.9 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.2 ft
- Garfield Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Common snook 65
- Red drum 59
2 kt SL 2:09 AM · 0.9 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.2 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.