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Summer flounderRetention 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 PM · Summer flounder

80/100Great
Now
574 AM EDT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.4 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 83

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 AM · now

Time4ANOW
Score57Good
Tide0.4 ftLow
CurrentFlood1.0 kn · toward WSW
Wind4 kn SSEgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp76°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy57% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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)
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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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When Summer flounder is best here

Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Little Parks Cove

Depth
Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · 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 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 tarpon, Atlantic croaker and common snook. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker, common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for weakfish, little tunny, Florida pompano and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.

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 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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Parks Cove

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    62
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 62
    • Atlantic croaker 61
    • Common snook 61

    4 kt SSEH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ftL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Blue Hole Point

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    62
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 62
    • Common snook 61
    • Gray snapper 57

    4 kt SSEH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ftL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Big Starvation Cove

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    62
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 62
    • Atlantic tarpon 62
    • Crevalle jack 60

    4 kt SSEH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ftL 4:40 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Round Island

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    62
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 62
    • Atlantic tarpon 62
    • Crevalle jack 60

    4 kt SSEH 9:44 AM · 0.9 ftL 4:40 PM · 0.3 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.