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- Best of all
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Common snook66
- Red drum66
- Crevalle jack62
- Atlantic croaker60
- Southern flounder58
- Summer flounder58
- Gray snapper57
- Spot57
- King mackerel54
- Spanish mackerel53
- Spotted seatrout50
- Weakfish50
- Florida pompano49
- Cobia46
- Little tunny45
- Mahi-mahi43
- Black drum42
- Red snapper42
- Wahoo41
- Black sea bass39
- Gray triggerfish39
- Red grouper38
- Greater amberjack37
- Sheepshead36
- Bluefish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Sailfish34
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 501 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMDawn
- Tide now
- Low1.1 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 · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
44Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 2 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.
Species rules 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)
- 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Old Inlet
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · ProtectedInlet · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Old Inlet
Old Inlet is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, common snook and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, common snook, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, weakfish, Florida pompano and cobia. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Wildcat Cove68
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Red drum 68
- Common snook 67
2 kt NEH 2:45 AM · 1.6 ftL 8:50 AM · 0.3 ft
- Fish House Cove61
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Atlantic croaker 60
- Atlantic tarpon 59
2 kt NEH 3:22 AM · 1.1 ftL 10:51 AM · 0.8 ft
- Garfield Point61
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Atlantic tarpon 59
- Common snook 58
2 kt NEH 3:22 AM · 1.1 ftL 10:51 AM · 0.8 ft
- Garfield Cut61
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Atlantic croaker 60
- Atlantic tarpon 59
2 kt NEH 3:22 AM · 1.1 ftL 10:51 AM · 0.8 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.