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Bay · Florida

East Max Hoeck Creek

28.66°N · 80.64°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 8 PM · Cobia

78/100Great
Now
507 PM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing3.9 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 80

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 PM · now

Time7PNOW
Score50Good
Tide3.9 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.5 knmodeled · toward SE
Wind3 kn NEgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 6 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast62% 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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Cobia

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 36 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
  • 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)
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When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

East Max Hoeck Creek

Depth
Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Outer · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

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 East Max Hoeck Creek

East Max Hoeck Creek is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, red drum and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, red drum, spot and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August through November. Spot peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
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.
Red drum
Redfish feed on shallow grass flats, oyster bars and marsh edges, often in 1 to 4 feet of water, and drop into channels, deep holes and tidal creeks when the water turns very hot or cold. Work a live shrimp under a popping cork or a soft plastic along the grass line on a rising tide, then fish creek mouths and drains as the tide falls. Bull reds over 30 inches school in the surf, passes and jetties in late summer and fall, where cut mullet or a live crab on the bottom is the standard approach.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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  • Eddy Creek

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 75
    • Red drum 72

    3 kt NEL 12:20 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:26 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Max Hoeck Creek

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 74
    • Red drum 72

    3 kt NEL 12:20 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:26 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Eddy Point

    Cape · 1.4 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Red drum 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 72

    3 kt NEL 12:20 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:26 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Gallinipper Point

    Cape · 2.0 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Red drum 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 72

    3 kt NEL 12:20 AM · 1.0 ftH 6:26 AM · 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.