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SailfishRetention openCape · Florida
North Rocky Point
27.98°N · 80.55°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook70
- Atlantic croaker67
- Atlantic tarpon67
- King mackerel65
- Spot65
- Crevalle jack64
- Gray snapper62
- Red drum62
- Southern flounder61
- Summer flounder59
- Little tunny57
- Florida pompano56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Spotted seatrout54
- Black drum53
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red snapper52
- Cobia51
- Mahi-mahi51
- Red grouper51
- Wahoo50
- Sheepshead49
- Weakfish49
- Greater amberjack47
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 6 PM · Sailfish
- Now
- 3512 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
54Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
73Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Sailfish
Species seasonality
36Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Sailfish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day (1 billfish combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 63 in, lower jaw fork length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Report landed billfish to NOAA within 24 hours. A federal HMS Angling Permit is needed in federal waters, not in state waters. Sailfish you plan to release may not be removed from the water in federal waters, or in state waters if you hold an HMS permit. 1 billfish per person per day. Open year-round.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: Billfish, Tuna, and Swordfish, 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
- 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sailfish is best here
Out of season for Sailfish · shoulder season starts in 6 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
North Rocky Point
- Depth
- 3-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonSailfish
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 North Rocky Point
North Rocky Point is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 3-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are common snook, Atlantic croaker and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for common snook, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for little tunny, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Sailfish
- Sailfish feed along reef edges and color changes, usually in 80 to 240 feet off Southeast Florida and farther out along the Gulf and Carolina shelf edge. Fly live goggle-eyes, pilchards or threadfins from kites, or slow-troll live ballyhoo, on non-offset circle hooks. In winter the best bite often comes the day or two after a cold front, when north wind stacks bait along the edge.
- 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 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Pams Cove73
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Common snook 70
- Spot 70
3 kt NNEL 4:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ft
- Hog Point Cove73
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Common snook 70
- Spot 70
3 kt NNEL 4:13 PM · 0.6 ftH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ft
- Rock Point60
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 60
- Atlantic tarpon 58
- King mackerel 57
3 kt NNEL 3:00 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:27 PM · 0.4 ft
- Hog Point60
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 60
- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Atlantic croaker 56
3 kt NNEL 3:00 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:27 PM · 0.4 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.