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Crevalle jackRetention open

Bay · Florida

Turtle Pen Slough

27.81°N · 80.44°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Crevalle jack

76/100Great
Now
6110 AM EDT
Best window
5-11 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.4 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Wed · 80

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score61Good
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward N
Wind2 kn Wgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp81°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy84% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Crevalle jack

Retention open
Daily limit
Not published
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, 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)
  • 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)
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When Crevalle jack is best here

Peak season for Crevalle jack · 4 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Turtle Pen Slough

Depth
1-3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
Season
Peak seasonCrevalle jack

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 Turtle Pen Slough

Turtle Pen Slough is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.

Tackle & technique

Crevalle jack
Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
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.

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  • Big Slough

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    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spot 70
    • Crevalle jack 61

    2 kt WL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:45 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Green Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 60

    2 kt WL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:45 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Spratt Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 60

    2 kt WL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:45 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Black Point

    Cape · 0.7 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 60

    2 kt WL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:45 PM · 0.4 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.