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Black sea bassShoulder season

Cape · Florida

Dragon Point

28.14°N · 80.60°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 3 PM · Black sea bass

74/100Great
Now
603 PM EDT
Best window
3 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding2.3 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 3 PM · now

Time3PNOW
Score60Good
Tide2.3 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward WSW
Wind7 kn NEgusts 16 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 6 s
Air temp84°Hot
WeatherOvercast100% chance of rain
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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No rule for Black sea 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 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)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Black sea bass is best here

Shoulder season for Black sea bass · 1 more week at shoulder

Black sea bass season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Black sea bass · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Black sea bass in Florida

Spot profile

Dragon Point

Depth
7-15 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonBlack sea 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 Dragon Point

Dragon Point is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 7-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic croaker and king mackerel. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for little tunny, black sea bass, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Mangrove Point

    Cape · 5.8 mi

    74
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 74
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • King mackerel 71

    7 kt NEH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ftL 12:26 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Plover Point

    Cape · 6.6 mi

    74
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 74
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • King mackerel 70

    7 kt NEH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ftL 12:26 AM · 1.0 ft

  • Whitehouse Cove

    Bay · 7.0 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Common snook 70
    • Crevalle jack 69

    7 kt NEL 4:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Crab Point

    Cape · 6.3 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66

    7 kt NEL 4:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 9:52 PM · 0.8 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.