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Atlantic tarponCatch & release

Channel · Florida

Indian River Narrows

27.71°N · 80.40°W · Channel · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 8 AM · Atlantic tarpon

81/100Great
Now
7411 PM EDT
Best window
11 PM-12 AMSteady pressure
Tide now
Ebbing1.3 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Tue · 83

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 11 PM · now

Time11PNOW
Score74Great
Tide1.3 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward N
Wind2 kn SSEgusts 2 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 8 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Tarpon

Catch & release
Daily limit
No retention
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Tarpon over 40 inches must stay in the water. Special gear rules apply year-round in Boca Grande Pass. Hook and line only. No snagging, snatch hooking, spearing, or multiple hooks with natural bait. Applies in state and federal waters of the Gulf and Atlantic.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Tarpon, 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)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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Source: FWC · synced today

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When Atlantic tarpon is best here

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Spot profile

Indian River Narrows

Depth
3-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonAtlantic tarpon

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 Indian River Narrows

Indian River Narrows is a channel in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, common snook and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, common snook, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, weakfish, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.

Tackle & technique

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.
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 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.

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    72
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    • Atlantic tarpon 72
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Common snook 68

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    65
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    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Common snook 64
    • Atlantic croaker 59

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  • Chambers Cove

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Atlantic croaker 64
    • Common snook 64

    2 kt SSEL 11:48 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:49 AM · 3.7 ft

  • Stingray Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Common snook 64
    • Atlantic croaker 59

    2 kt SSEL 11:48 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:49 AM · 3.7 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.