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Mahi-mahiRetention open

Gut · Florida

North Jupiter Narrows

27.13°N · 80.15°W · Gut · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 11 AM · Mahi-mahi

82/100Great
Now
413 PM EDT
Best window
4-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.6 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 83

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 3 PM · now

Time3PNOW
Score41Fair
Tide0.6 ftLow
Current0.4 knmodeled · toward NW
Wind5 kn Egusts 13 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.6 ft · 7 s
Air temp79°Warm
WeatherOvercast97% chance of rain
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

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Spot profile

North Jupiter Narrows

Depth
2-8 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 North Jupiter Narrows

North Jupiter Narrows is a gut in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, common snook and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, common snook, crevalle jack and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, black sea bass, weakfish and black drum. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and 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 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.

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  • Saint Lucie Inlet

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    81
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 81
    • Common snook 78
    • Crevalle jack 77

    5 kt EH 7:18 PM · 2.2 ftL 1:01 AM · 0.3 ft

  • South Point

    Cape · 2.4 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 72
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic croaker 69

    5 kt EH 7:18 PM · 2.2 ftL 1:01 AM · 0.3 ft

  • Horseshoe Point

    Cape · 2.0 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 66
    • Common snook 64
    • Atlantic croaker 60

    5 kt EH 8:08 PM · 1.4 ftL 2:46 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Long Point

    Cape · 2.2 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 66
    • Common snook 64
    • Atlantic croaker 60

    5 kt EH 8:08 PM · 1.4 ftL 2:46 AM · 0.7 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.