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Atlantic croakerRetention open

Gut · Florida

Little Mud Creek

27.38°N · 80.26°W · Gut · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 1 PM · Atlantic croaker

84/100Great
Now
672 AM EDT
Best window
4-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.3 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Tue · 87

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 AM · now

Time2ANOW
Score67Great
Tide0.3 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.3 kn · toward E
Wind2 kn SSEgusts 4 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.0 ft · 7 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherOvercast85% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Atlantic croaker

Retention open
Daily limit
50 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
50 per person per species. No minimum size. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spot and Atlantic croaker, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • 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)
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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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When Atlantic croaker is best here

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Spot profile

Little Mud Creek

Depth
Up to 6 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Outer · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonAtlantic croaker

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 Little Mud Creek

Little Mud Creek is a gut in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, common snook and southern flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, common snook, southern flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, little tunny and black sea bass. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Southern flounder peak from September through November.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.

Nearby spots

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  • Middle Cove

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 69
    • Crevalle jack 64

    2 kt SSEL 2:53 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Middle Point

    Cape · 1.8 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 67
    • Common snook 65
    • Atlantic croaker 60

    2 kt SSEL 2:53 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Herman Bay Point

    Cape · 1.9 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 67
    • Common snook 65
    • Atlantic croaker 60

    2 kt SSEL 2:53 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 AM · 1.3 ft

  • Herman Bay

    Bay · 2.9 mi

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

    2 kt SSEL 2:53 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 AM · 1.3 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.