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Crevalle jackRetention open

Bar · Florida

Chester Shoal

28.59°N · 80.54°W · Bar · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 8 PM · Crevalle jack

74/100Great
Now
637 AM EDT
Best window
2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing3.5 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 76

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score63Good
Tide3.5 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NNE
Wind0 kn Sgusts 3 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 8 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherOvercast93% cloud
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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 (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)
  • 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 Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (2 per day)
  • Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
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When Crevalle jack is best here

Peak season for Crevalle jack · 4 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Chester Shoal

Depth
20-25 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Shoal · Outer · ExposedShoal · flat bottom
Season
Peak 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 Chester Shoal

Chester Shoal is a bar in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and common snook. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, common snook and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.

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.
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.
Spot
Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.

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  • Jack Davis Cut

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    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 72
    • Common snook 71

    0 kt SL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:07 PM · 4.1 ft

  • Pintail Creek

    Bay · 4.1 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 71
    • Red drum 69

    0 kt SL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:07 PM · 4.1 ft

  • Bluebill Creek

    Bay · 4.3 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 71
    • Southern flounder 69

    0 kt SL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:07 PM · 4.1 ft

  • False Cape

    Cape · 2.5 mi

    68
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Spot 66
    • Common snook 65

    0 kt SL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:07 PM · 4.1 ft

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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.