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Summer flounderRetention open

Bay · Florida

Blue Hole Creek

27.53°N · 80.32°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 4 PM · Summer flounder

77/100Great
Now
562 AM EDT
Best window
4-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.9 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Tue · 82

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 AM · now

Time2ANOW
Score56Good
Tide0.9 ftLow
CurrentEbb1.3 kn · toward E
Wind2 kn SSEgusts 4 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.0 ft · 7 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherOvercast85% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Summer flounder

Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 14 in, total length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Closed from Oct 15
Other
Same rules for Gulf, southern, summer and fringed flounder, in state and federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Closed every October 15 through November 30.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Flounder, 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
  • Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
  • 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)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Summer flounder is best here

Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak

Summer flounder season by week of the year. Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Blue Hole Creek

Depth
1-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonSummer flounder

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 southern flounder, Atlantic tarpon and common snook. It is peak season now for southern flounder, Atlantic tarpon, common snook and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano. Southern flounder peak from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Summer flounder
Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
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.
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

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  • Big Starvation Cove

    Bay · 1.4 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 72
    • Common snook 71
    • Crevalle jack 67

    2 kt SSEL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Blue Hole Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 70
    • Common snook 68
    • Gray snapper 64

    2 kt SSEL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Garfield Cut

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    61
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 61
    • Atlantic croaker 60
    • Common snook 59

    2 kt SSEH 7:25 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:27 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Garfield Point

    Cape · 1.2 mi

    61
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 61
    • Common snook 59
    • Gray snapper 55

    2 kt SSEH 7:25 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:27 PM · 0.6 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.