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Mahi-mahiRetention open

Bay · Florida

Little Parks Cove

27.55°N · 80.35°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 7 AM · Mahi-mahi

80/100Great
Now
4110 AM EDT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.9 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 83

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score41Fair
Tide0.9 ftHigh
CurrentEbb1.1 kn · toward ENE
Wind2 kn SWgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 8 s
Air temp82°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy73% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Mahi-mahi

Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 20 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Private boats: 5 per person or 30 per vessel, whichever is less. For-hire vessels: 5 per paying customer; no 30-fish cap. Hook and line or spearing.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Dolphinfish/Mahi-Mahi, 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)
  • 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 Mahi-mahi is best here

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Spot profile

Little Parks Cove

Depth
Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonMahi-mahi

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 Parks Cove

Little Parks Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 5 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, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, weakfish and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.

Tackle & technique

Mahi-mahi
Mahi feed near the surface along weedlines, floating debris, buoys and current edges offshore, in water from the low 70s to the low 80s. Troll ballyhoo or small skirted lures along the weed, and when a school comes up behind the boat keep one hooked fish in the water while you pitch cut bait or jigs to the rest. Look for birds working over weed and flotsam.
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.

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    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 73
    • Spot 71
    • Crevalle jack 64

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  • Blue Hole Point

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    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Spot 65
    • Atlantic tarpon 61

    2 kt SWL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:13 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Big Starvation Cove

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    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Spot 63

    2 kt SWL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:13 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Round Island

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Spot 63

    2 kt SWL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:13 PM · 0.9 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.