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WeakfishShoulder season

Bay · Florida

Gallinipper Basin

28.68°N · 80.66°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish

78/100Great
Now
426 AM EDT
Best window
2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High3.9 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 AM · now

Time6ANOW
Score42Fair
Tide3.9 ftHigh
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind0 kn WNWgusts 2 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 7 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherOvercast88% cloud
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Weakfish 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)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Gallinipper Basin

Depth
Up to 2 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonWeakfish

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 Gallinipper Basin

Gallinipper Basin is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, mahi-mahi and wahoo. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.

Tackle & technique

Weakfish
Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Eddy Creek

    Bay · 0.7 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 70
    • Spot 68
    • Red drum 57

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

  • Gallinipper Point

    Cape · 0.1 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Spot 63
    • Red drum 57

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

  • Eddy Point

    Cape · 0.7 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Spot 63
    • Red drum 57

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

  • Middle Banks

    Bar · 1.1 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Spot 63
    • Florida pompano 58

    0 kt WNWL 11:57 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:07 PM · 4.1 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.