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Summer flounderRetention openCape · Florida
False Cape
28.59°N · 80.58°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook60
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot55
- Gray snapper52
- Red drum52
- Southern flounder52
- King mackerel51
- Crevalle jack49
- Spotted seatrout46
- Mahi-mahi45
- Summer flounder45
- Black drum44
- Red snapper44
- Gray triggerfish42
- Little tunny42
- Wahoo42
- Black sea bass41
- Florida pompano41
- Red grouper40
- Spanish mackerel40
- Weakfish40
- Cobia39
- Sheepshead37
- Greater amberjack36
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Bluefish34
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 8 PM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 4512 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low1.2 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 · 12 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 2 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.6 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Summer flounder
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 14 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Oct 15
- Other
- Same rules for Gulf, southern, summer and fringed flounder, in state and federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net. No multiple hooks with natural bait. No snatching. Closed every October 15 through November 30.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Flounder, 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))
- 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)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Summer flounder is best here
Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
False Cape
- Depth
- 3-35 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonSummer flounder
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 False Cape
False Cape is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic tarpon and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker and spot, and shoulder season for mahi-mahi, black drum, red snapper and gray triggerfish. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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 tarpon
- Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Jack Davis Cut66
Channel · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
- Common snook 65
2 kt WSWH 5:38 AM · 3.9 ftL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ft
- Barge Channel66
Channel · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
- Common snook 65
2 kt WSWH 5:38 AM · 3.9 ftL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ft
- Pintail Creek63
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 62
- Red drum 61
2 kt WSWH 5:38 AM · 3.9 ftL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ft
- Bluebill Creek62
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Southern flounder 61
- Common snook 60
2 kt WSWH 5:38 AM · 3.9 ftL 11:57 AM · 0.9 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.