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Striped bassShoulder seasonCape · Florida
Cape Cod
28.25°N · 80.67°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano66
- Wahoo64
- Little tunny63
- Bluefish62
- King mackerel61
- Black sea bass60
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot57
- Weakfish55
- Red drum54
- Black drum53
- Common snook52
- Yellowfin tuna51
- Red snapper50
- Striped bass49
- Sheepshead47
- Crevalle jack46
- Greater amberjack45
- Sailfish45
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Mahi-mahi35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Gag grouper20
- Southern flounder20
- Spotted seatrout20
- Summer flounder20
Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 491 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.1 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
50Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
77Wind: 10 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
60Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
No rule for Striped bass is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.
Species rules 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)
- 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)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cape Cod
- Depth
- 3-9 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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 Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 30 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, wahoo and little tunny. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, wahoo, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, spot and black drum. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Wahoo peak from April through May and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Indian River Lagoon66
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- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
10 kt ESEL 8:11 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:15 AM · 4.1 ft
- Buck Point66
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Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 66
- Little tunny 63
- Wahoo 62
10 kt ESEL 8:11 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:15 AM · 4.1 ft
- Plover Point65
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 65
- Little tunny 62
- Wahoo 62
10 kt ESEL 8:11 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:15 AM · 4.1 ft
- Mangrove Point65
Cape · 2.8 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 65
- Little tunny 62
- Wahoo 62
10 kt ESEL 8:11 PM · 1.0 ftH 2:15 AM · 4.1 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.