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Summer flounderRetention open

Bay · Florida

Pepper Cove

27.90°N · 80.48°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 7 PM · Summer flounder

75/100Great
Now
637 AM EDT
Best window
7-9 PMHigh slack
Tide now
Ebbing0.4 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score63Good
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind2 kn SSWgusts 4 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 8 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

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

Summer flounder season by week of the year. Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak.
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Summer flounder in Florida

Spot profile

Pepper Cove

Depth
1-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
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 Pepper Cove

Pepper Cove is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-4 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 common snook. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, Atlantic croaker, common snook and spot, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September 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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Long Point Creek

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 70
    • Red drum 69
    • Crevalle jack 68

    2 kt SSWH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:00 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Ballard Cove

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    68
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 68
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 65

    2 kt SSWH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:00 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Mathers Cove

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    68
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 68
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Common snook 65

    2 kt SSWH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:00 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Pepper Point

    Cape · 0.2 mi

    65
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 65
    • Atlantic tarpon 64
    • Crevalle jack 63

    2 kt SSWH 7:58 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:00 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.