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WeakfishShoulder seasonBar · Florida
Shortys Banks
28.29°N · 80.62°W · Bar · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Common snook68
- Atlantic croaker66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Spot64
- Gray snapper61
- Red drum61
- Southern flounder61
- King mackerel60
- Summer flounder60
- Crevalle jack59
- Black drum58
- Florida pompano57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Spotted seatrout55
- Red snapper52
- Black sea bass50
- Gray triggerfish49
- Weakfish49
- Cobia48
- Little tunny48
- Red grouper48
- Sheepshead47
- Mahi-mahi45
- Greater amberjack43
- Wahoo42
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 3 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 494 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
67Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 2 kt WSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Shortys Banks
- Depth
- 2-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Shortys Banks
Shortys Banks is a bar in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and semi-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 spot, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and red snapper. 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
- 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.
- 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
- Shortys Pocket71
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Common snook 68
2 kt WSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ft
- Indian River Lagoon71
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Common snook 68
2 kt WSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ft
- Sprig Point70
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Southern flounder 69
2 kt WSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ft
- Buck Point68
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 68
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Atlantic tarpon 65
2 kt WSWH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ftL 12:03 PM · 0.9 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.