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WeakfishShoulder season

Bay · Florida

Middle Gap

27.92°N · 80.50°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 1 PM · Weakfish

74/100Great
Now
487 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.4 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 77

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 PM · now

Time7PNOW
Score48Good
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind3 kn Sgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 8 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherOvercast79% chance of rain
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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)
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When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Middle Gap

Depth
1-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Middle Gap

Middle Gap is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker and common snook. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic croaker, common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for little tunny, Spanish mackerel, black drum and wahoo. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.

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 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.
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

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    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Common snook 68
    • Atlantic croaker 66

    3 kt SL 2:42 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Mullet Creek

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    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 70
    • Red drum 65
    • Atlantic croaker 63

    3 kt SL 2:42 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Middle Banks

    Bar · 0.6 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Common snook 63
    • Atlantic croaker 57

    3 kt SL 2:42 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Shell Pit Point

    Cape · 1.2 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 65
    • Common snook 63
    • Atlantic croaker 57

    3 kt SL 2:42 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:58 AM · 0.4 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.