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WeakfishShoulder seasonBay · Florida
Hells Pocket
27.62°N · 80.35°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Common snook61
- Crevalle jack60
- Spot60
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Gray snapper58
- King mackerel58
- Red drum57
- Summer flounder56
- Red snapper49
- Florida pompano46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Mahi-mahi46
- Weakfish46
- Black sea bass45
- Red grouper45
- Spanish mackerel45
- Black drum44
- Cobia42
- Little tunny42
- Greater amberjack41
- Sheepshead41
- Wahoo41
- Bluefish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Sailfish34
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 461 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
58Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
28Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
65Season: 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
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Hells Pocket
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Hells Pocket
Hells Pocket is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, crevalle jack and spot, and shoulder season for red snapper, Florida pompano, gray triggerfish and mahi-mahi. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. 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.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Little Starvation Cove64
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 64
- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 59
6 kt EH 4:47 AM · 0.8 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.4 ft
- Dark Point61
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 61
- Atlantic tarpon 59
- Gray snapper 58
5 kt ENEH 5:05 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:42 AM · 0.1 ft
- Martin Cove59
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Common snook 59
- Crevalle jack 57
6 kt EH 4:47 AM · 0.8 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.4 ft
- Barkers Ditch Cove59
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Common snook 59
- Crevalle jack 57
6 kt EH 4:47 AM · 0.8 ftL 12:03 PM · 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.
