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Mahi-mahiRetention open

Bay · Florida

Mathers Cove

27.89°N · 80.47°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 7 PM · Mahi-mahi

76/100Great
Now
408 AM EDT
Best window
7-9 PMHigh slack
Tide now
Low0.4 ft

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

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 80

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 AM · now

Time8ANOW
Score40Fair
Tide0.4 ftLow
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind1 kn WSWgusts 4 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 7 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

Mahi-mahi

Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 20 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Captain and crew may not keep a bag limit. Private boats: 5 per person or 30 per vessel, whichever is less. For-hire vessels: 5 per paying customer; no 30-fish cap. Hook and line or spearing.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Dolphinfish/Mahi-Mahi, 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)
  • 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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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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When Mahi-mahi is best here

Shoulder season for Mahi-mahi · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Mathers Cove

Depth
3-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonMahi-mahi

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 Mathers Cove

Mathers Cove is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, Atlantic croaker and spot. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for wahoo, weakfish, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Mahi-mahi
Mahi feed near the surface along weedlines, floating debris, buoys and current edges offshore, in water from the low 70s to the low 80s. Troll ballyhoo or small skirted lures along the weed, and when a school comes up behind the boat keep one hooked fish in the water while you pitch cut bait or jigs to the rest. Look for birds working over weed and flotsam.
Crevalle jack
Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
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.

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    • Red drum 59
    • Crevalle jack 58

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    • Atlantic tarpon 60
    • Red drum 59
    • Crevalle jack 58

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  • Pepper Cove

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    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 58
    • Atlantic croaker 57
    • Spot 55

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  • Pepper Point

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    54
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    • Common snook 54
    • Atlantic tarpon 54
    • Atlantic croaker 52

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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.