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Fort Pierce Inlet

27.47°N · 80.29°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 4 PM · Cobia

85/100Epic
Now
547 AM EDT
Best window
2-7 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.9 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 90

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score54Good
Tide2.9 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentFlood1.5 kn · toward WSW
Wind3 kn SWgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.0 ft · 7 s
Air temp76°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy73% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Fort Pierce Inlet

Depth
5-30 ftSlope
Structure
Inlet · Outer · ExposedInlet · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

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 Fort Pierce Inlet

Fort Pierce Inlet is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 5-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads inlet, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic tarpon, crevalle jack and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and weakfish. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.

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

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  • Fort Pierce Inlet Entrance Range

    Channel · 0.4 mi

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

    3 kt SWL 12:23 PM · 1.0 ftH 6:42 PM · 3.1 ft

  • Tucker Cove

    Bay · 0.7 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 73
    • Spot 70
    • Crevalle jack 68

    3 kt SWL 12:31 PM · 0.2 ftH 7:13 PM · 2.2 ft

  • Dynamite Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 65
    • Spot 65

    3 kt SWL 12:31 PM · 0.2 ftH 7:13 PM · 2.2 ft

  • Boot Toe Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 65
    • Spot 65

    3 kt SWL 12:31 PM · 0.2 ftH 7:13 PM · 2.2 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.