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Whitehouse Cove

28.05°N · 80.56°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia

79/100Great
Now
568 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
Tide now
Flooding0.7 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 81

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score56Good
Tide0.7 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward S
Wind2 kn NNEgusts 6 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 5 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherOvercast59% chance of rain
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Cobia

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 36 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less. Spears, gigs, hook and line, seine or cast net.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Cobia, 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)
  • 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 Cobia is best here

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Spot profile

Whitehouse Cove

Depth
4-7 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonCobia

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 Whitehouse Cove

Whitehouse Cove is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 4-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and common snook, and shoulder season for black sea bass, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.

Tackle & technique

Cobia
Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
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.
Spot
Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.

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  • Turkey Creek

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    81
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 81
    • Atlantic tarpon 79
    • Common snook 78

    2 kt NNEH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ftL 4:53 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Hog Point Cove

    Bay · 4.3 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 75
    • Crevalle jack 74

    2 kt NNEH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ftL 4:53 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Crab Point

    Cape · 0.7 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Common snook 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 71

    2 kt NNEH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ftL 4:53 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Coconut Point

    Cape · 2.9 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Common snook 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 71

    2 kt NNEH 9:52 PM · 0.8 ftL 4:53 AM · 0.6 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.