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- Best of all
- Common snook72
- Atlantic tarpon71
- Crevalle jack71
- Summer flounder69
- Gray snapper65
- King mackerel65
- Red drum63
- Atlantic croaker61
- Southern flounder61
- Spot59
- Weakfish59
- Little tunny57
- Spanish mackerel56
- Florida pompano55
- Spotted seatrout53
- Cobia52
- Greater amberjack49
- Wahoo48
- Black sea bass47
- Black drum45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red grouper44
- Red snapper44
- Mahi-mahi42
- Sheepshead41
- Bluefish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Sailfish33
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 595 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: 2.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.
Species rules 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)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
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Spot profile
Head Cove
- Depth
- 2-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Head Cove
Head Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
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 summer flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano. 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
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
- Head Cove Pocket72
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Crevalle jack 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
4 kt SSWH 9:29 PM · 0.9 ftL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ft
- Starvation Point72
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Crevalle jack 66
4 kt SSWH 9:29 PM · 0.9 ftL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ft
- Round Island72
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Crevalle jack 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
4 kt SSWH 9:29 PM · 0.9 ftL 4:22 AM · 0.4 ft
- Porpoise Bay72
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Crevalle jack 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
4 kt SSWH 9:29 PM · 0.9 ftL 4:22 AM · 0.4 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.