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Red snapperCheck regulationsCape · Florida
Dragon Point
28.14°N · 80.60°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Spot67
- Gray snapper64
- Red drum64
- Southern flounder64
- King mackerel63
- Crevalle jack62
- Spotted seatrout57
- Summer flounder57
- Black drum56
- Red snapper56
- Black sea bass54
- Little tunny54
- Florida pompano53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red grouper52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Weakfish52
- Cobia51
- Sheepshead50
- Greater amberjack47
- Mahi-mahi46
- Wahoo44
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 11 PM · Red snapper
- Now
- 562 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
95Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 2 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Check regulations
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Red snapper
Check regulationsNo limits are on file for this species here. FWC pages disagree. The snapper page lists Atlantic red snapper in state waters as open with a 20-inch minimum and 2 per person. The Atlantic red snapper season page says the 2026 season (May 22 to June 20 and three October weekends, 1 fish, no minimum size) is temporarily postponed, and Executive Order 26-16 rescinded the 2026 Atlantic red snapper order. Check with FWC before keeping one. Check with FWC before you keep one.
From FWC Atlantic Recreational Red Snapper State Management Season, 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)
- 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))
- 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)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Dragon Point
- Depth
- 7-15 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRed snapper
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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon and spot, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, black sea bass and little tunny. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Red snapper
- Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
- 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
- Whitehouse Cove74
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Common snook 71
2 kt SL 4:08 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:21 AM · 0.8 ft
- Mangrove Point72
Cape · 5.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
2 kt SSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ft
- Plover Point72
Cape · 6.6 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
2 kt SSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ft
- Crab Point71
Cape · 6.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 71
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Atlantic tarpon 69
2 kt SL 4:08 AM · 0.6 ftH 10:21 AM · 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.