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King mackerelRetention open

Bay · Florida

Tucker Cove

27.48°N · 80.30°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 9 AM · King mackerel

80/100Great
Now
597 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High2.2 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 82

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 PM · now

Time7PNOW
Score59Good
Tide2.2 ftHigh
CurrentFlood2.2 kn · toward WSW
Wind4 kn ENEgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp79°Warm
WeatherOvercast80% chance of rain
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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King mackerel

Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 24 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Hook and line and spearing only. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: King Mackerel, 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)
  • 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)
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Spot profile

Tucker Cove

Depth
2-6 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonKing mackerel

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 Tucker Cove

Tucker Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, common snook and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, common snook, crevalle jack and spot, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, weakfish, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.

Tackle & technique

King mackerel
Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
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.

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  • Fort Pierce Inlet

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    75
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 75
    • Atlantic tarpon 74
    • Crevalle jack 70

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  • Shortys Slough

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    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 68
    • Common snook 67

    4 kt ENEL 1:05 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:22 AM · 2.1 ft

  • Boot Toe Point

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    67
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 67
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Atlantic croaker 63

    4 kt ENEL 1:05 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:22 AM · 2.1 ft

  • Dynamite Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    67
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 67
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Atlantic croaker 63

    4 kt ENEL 1:05 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:22 AM · 2.1 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.