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- Best of all
- Florida pompano62
- Common snook60
- Spotted seatrout59
- Red drum58
- Black drum55
- Gray snapper50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Sheepshead47
- King mackerel44
- Gray triggerfish41
- Red grouper41
- Atlantic croaker35
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Crevalle jack35
- Permit35
- Cobia30
- Gag grouper20
- Greater amberjack20
- Red snapper20
- Southern flounder20
Best score today · 6 PM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 2010 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.7 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
Thursday, Nov 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
94Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
42Closed season · capped at 20Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)
Greater amberjack
Closed- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Oct 14, 2026 to Aug 31, 2027
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Executive Order 26-25 closes Gulf state waters from October 14, 2026 through August 31, 2027. The order itself says it expires November 1, 2026, so check with FWC for the status after that date.
From FWC Executive Order 26-25: Gulf greater amberjack closure, 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)
- 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 (1 per day)
- 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)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 3 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Devils Elbow
- Depth
- 3-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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 Devils Elbow
Devils Elbow is a channel in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, common snook and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, spotted seatrout, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for common snook, black drum, gray snapper and sheepshead. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from March through May and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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
- Long Bayou70
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- Spotted seatrout 67
- Common snook 64
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- Blind Pass68
Channel · 0.5 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 68
- Common snook 62
- Spanish mackerel 59
7 kt ESEL 3:36 AM · 1.0 ftH 9:04 AM · 1.8 ft
- Boca Ciega Bay67
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Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 67
- Common snook 59
- Red drum 57
7 kt ESEL 3:36 AM · 1.0 ftH 9:04 AM · 1.8 ft
- Turtlecrawl Point64
Cape · 2.9 mi
Top: Common snookShoulder season- Common snook 64
- Florida pompano 63
- Red drum 63
7 kt ESEL 2:16 AM · 1.1 ftH 8:08 AM · 1.9 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.