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Summer flounderRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Common snook69
- Crevalle jack69
- Gray snapper66
- Summer flounder65
- Red drum64
- Southern flounder63
- King mackerel61
- Weakfish59
- Black drum56
- Black sea bass56
- Red snapper56
- Spotted seatrout54
- Gray triggerfish53
- Little tunny53
- Red grouper53
- Florida pompano52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Sheepshead50
- Cobia49
- Greater amberjack48
- Wahoo43
- Mahi-mahi39
- Bluefish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Sailfish33
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 8 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 654 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4 AM-1 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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 · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SSEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
42Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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)
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Hooker Cove
- Depth
- 4-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Hooker Cove
Hooker Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and common snook, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, black sea bass and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Steele Point70
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Common snook 69
4 kt SSEH 7:18 AM · 1.3 ftL 1:32 PM · 0.1 ft
- Sewall Point70
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Common snook 69
4 kt SSEH 7:18 AM · 1.3 ftL 1:32 PM · 0.1 ft
- Hoggs Cove70
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Common snook 67
4 kt SSEH 8:23 AM · 1.3 ftL 2:50 PM · 0.1 ft
- Baker Point68
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 68
- Atlantic tarpon 68
- Atlantic croaker 67
4 kt SSEH 5:45 AM · 3.3 ftL 12:06 PM · 0.8 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.