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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia

75/100Great

Now: 354 PM CST
Best window: 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding0.3 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 77

24-hour conditions

Wednesday, Nov 4 · 7 AM

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Time7A

Score35Fair

Tide1.2 ftHigh

CurrentEbb0.1 kn · toward S

Wind7 kn SSEgusts 16 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.6 ft · 4 s

Air temp72°Warm

WeatherOvercast45% chance of rain

Water74°FBias corrected

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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
Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
Bluefish Retention open (10 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 (1 per day)
Greater amberjack Closed (No retention)
King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
Permit Retention open (2 per day)
Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
Red grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
Red snapper Closed (No retention)
Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
Snook Retention open (1 per day)
Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
Spot Retention open
Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

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Spot profile

Mill Point

Depth: 3-15 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
Season: Off 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 Mill Point

Mill Point is a cape in St. Andrews Bay Waterways, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are red drum, spotted seatrout and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for king mackerel, black drum, sheepshead and gray snapper. Red drum peak from September through November. Spotted seatrout peak from March through May and from October through November. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November.

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.
Red drum: Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.
Spotted seatrout: Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.

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