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Atlantic croakerRetention open

Cape · Florida

Boathouse Point

28.78°N · 80.84°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Atlantic croaker

60/100Good
Now
304 PM EST
Best window
4-8 PMDusk
Tide now
Flooding0.4 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 74

24-hour conditions

Thursday, Nov 5 · 6 AM

Time6A
Score56Good
Tide0.3 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind3 kn NEgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.6 ft · 8 s
Air temp70°Warm
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water76°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Atlantic croaker

Retention open
Daily limit
50 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
50 per person per species. No minimum size. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Spot and Atlantic croaker, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • 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)
  • 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 Closed (No retention)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Closed (No retention)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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When Atlantic croaker is best here

Shoulder season for Atlantic croaker · 4 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Boathouse Point

Depth
2-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonAtlantic croaker

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 Boathouse Point

Boathouse Point is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 30 species here; the best right now are wahoo, yellowfin tuna and sailfish. It is peak season now for wahoo, black sea bass, bluefish and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for yellowfin tuna, sailfish, Atlantic croaker and black drum. Wahoo peak from April through May and from October through November. Yellowfin tuna peak from March through May. Sailfish peak from December through January.

Tackle & technique

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.
Wahoo
Wahoo patrol drop-offs, seamounts, rigs and weed lines where current and temperature breaks meet, usually along the 100 to 600 foot contours. High-speed trolling at 12 to 18 knots with weighted lures covers ground, and slower trolling with ballyhoo or diving plugs works over known structure. Use wire leader, because their teeth cut monofilament.
Yellowfin tuna
Yellowfin feed in blue water along canyon edges, the shelf break, current edges, deepwater platforms and FADs, usually from the surface to about 300 feet. Troll ballyhoo, spreader bars and cedar plugs early in the day, then chunk butterfish or sardines, fish live hardtails, or drop jigs to marks. Around Gulf platforms and in the canyons the night bite on chunks and jigs is often better than the day.

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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.