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Crevalle jackRetention open

Cape · Florida

Klosterman Point

28.12°N · 82.78°W · Cape · Tampa Bay waters

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Best score today · 7 PM · Crevalle jack

71/100Great
Now
481 AM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Sep 25 · 1 AM

Time1A
Score51Good
Tide2.9 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward SSW
Wind6 kn NEgusts 12 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.7 ft · 3 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherClear8% cloud
Water86°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Gulf state waters (Escambia through Collier counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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
  • Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
  • Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
  • Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
  • Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
  • Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
  • Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day (4 Gulf grouper combined))
  • Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Gray triggerfish Retention open (1 per day)
  • Greater amberjack 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 Retention open (2 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • 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
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Crevalle jack is best here

Shoulder season for Crevalle jack · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Crevalle jack season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Crevalle jack · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Crevalle jack in Florida

Spot profile

Klosterman Point

Depth
2-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder 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 Klosterman Point

Klosterman Point is a cape in Tampa Bay waters, Florida. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 20 species here; the best right now are common snook, gray snapper and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for common snook, gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, southern flounder, black drum and gag grouper. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker 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.
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.
Gray snapper
Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Holiday Cove

    Bay · 0.7 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Red drum 67
    • Common snook 64

    5 kt ESEL 5:36 AM · 1.5 ftH 10:59 AM · 3.4 ft

  • Boggy Bayou

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    69
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 69
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 67

    5 kt ESEL 4:39 AM · 1.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 3.5 ft

  • Greens Bayou

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    68
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 68
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 67

    5 kt ESEL 4:39 AM · 1.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 3.5 ft

  • Avery Bayou

    Bay · 2.5 mi

    68
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 68
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 67

    5 kt ESEL 4:39 AM · 1.6 ftH 10:18 AM · 3.5 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.