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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Common snook69
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Spot67
- Crevalle jack62
- Red drum61
- Gray snapper60
- Southern flounder58
- Summer flounder57
- King mackerel56
- Black drum53
- Weakfish52
- Spotted seatrout51
- Red snapper50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black sea bass49
- Little tunny48
- Gray triggerfish47
- Mahi-mahi46
- Red grouper46
- Sheepshead45
- Cobia44
- Wahoo44
- Florida pompano43
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4411 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMMoving water
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
35Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Cobia
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 36 in, fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- 1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
- 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)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Negro Cove
- Depth
- 2-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
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 Negro Cove
Negro Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, Atlantic tarpon and spot, and shoulder season for black drum, weakfish, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- 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.
- 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Steele Point75
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 75
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Atlantic tarpon 73
3 kt SL 1:26 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:18 AM · 1.3 ft
- Baker Point69
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 69
- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 64
3 kt SL 11:48 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:45 AM · 3.3 ft
- Bessie Cove69
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Common snook 69
- Spot 67
3 kt SL 11:48 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:45 AM · 3.3 ft
- Gilbert Shoal66
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 66
- Common snook 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
3 kt SL 11:48 PM · 1.1 ftH 5:45 AM · 3.3 ft
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.