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Greater amberjackRetention open

Cape · Florida

Boot Toe Point

27.47°N · 80.30°W · Cape · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 9 AM · Greater amberjack

81/100Great
Now
5011 PM EDT
Best window
11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.7 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: today · 81

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 11 PM · now

Time11PNOW
Score50Good
Tide0.7 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb2.4 kn · toward E
Wind3 kn Sgusts 5 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp76°Warm
WeatherOvercast43% chance of rain
Water85°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Greater amberjack

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 28 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Closed from Apr 1
Other
Private-vessel anglers need the State Reef Fish Angler designation. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Open January through March and May through December. Closed in April.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Amberjack, 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)
  • 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)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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Source: FWC · synced today

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When Greater amberjack is best here

Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 9 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Boot Toe Point

Depth
1-20 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack

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 Boot Toe Point

Boot Toe Point is a cape in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic tarpon and gray snapper. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, Spanish mackerel and cobia. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June 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 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.

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    • Common snook 78
    • Atlantic tarpon 75
    • Crevalle jack 71

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  • Dynamite Point

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    78
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 78
    • Atlantic tarpon 75
    • Gray snapper 69

    3 kt SL 12:24 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:41 AM · 1.9 ft

  • Shortys Slough

    Bay · 0.3 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 77
    • Common snook 76
    • Atlantic croaker 74

    3 kt SL 12:24 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:41 AM · 1.9 ft

  • Faber Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 77
    • Common snook 76
    • Gray snapper 71

    3 kt SL 12:24 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:41 AM · 1.9 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.