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Mahi-mahiRetention open

Bay · Florida

Michael Creek

27.76°N · 80.41°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Mahi-mahi

75/100Great
Now
428 AM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.4 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 79

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 AM · now

Time8ANOW
Score42Fair
Tide0.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind3 kn SWgusts 5 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy50% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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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When Mahi-mahi is best here

Shoulder season for Mahi-mahi · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Michael Creek

Depth
5-8 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Michael Creek

Michael Creek is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 5-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, weakfish, Spanish mackerel and wahoo. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.

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.

Nearby spots

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    75
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 75
    • Spot 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 68

    3 kt SWH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ftL 4:05 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Pine Island Bay

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Crevalle jack 61

    3 kt SWH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ftL 4:05 PM · 0.3 ft

  • South Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 64
    • Common snook 60

    3 kt SWH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ftL 4:05 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Duck Point

    Cape · 2.4 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 64
    • Common snook 60

    3 kt SWH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ftL 4:05 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.