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Mahi-mahiShoulder seasonChannel · Georgia
Jove Creek
31.22°N · 81.42°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Florida pompano65
- Red drum64
- Crevalle jack63
- Gray snapper61
- Southern flounder60
- Summer flounder60
- King mackerel56
- Spanish mackerel55
- Black drum54
- Black sea bass53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Little tunny50
- Weakfish50
- Sheepshead46
- Gag grouper45
- Gray triggerfish45
- Red grouper45
- Red snapper45
- Mahi-mahi44
- Wahoo42
- Cobia41
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Sailfish34
Best score today · 11 PM · Mahi-mahi
- Now
- 448 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing7.7 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
34Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Mahi-mahi
Species seasonality
62Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Mahi-mahi is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.
Source: GADNR CRD · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Mahi-mahi is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Mahi-mahi · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Jove Creek
- Depth
- 10-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Estuary · Outer · Semi-exposedEstuary · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonMahi-mahi
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 Jove Creek
Jove Creek is a channel in Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM, Georgia. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads estuary, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Mahi-mahi
- Mahi feed near the surface along weedlines, floating debris, buoys and current edges offshore, in water from the low 70s to the low 80s. Troll ballyhoo or small skirted lures along the weed, and when a school comes up behind the boat keep one hooked fish in the water while you pitch cut bait or jigs to the rest. Look for birds working over weed and flotsam.
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Atlantic tarpon 70
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- Blackbank River76
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- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
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- Fog Point72
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- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 68
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- Manhead Sound72
Bay · 2.2 mi
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- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
6 kt NEL 1:39 AM · 1.3 ftH 7:32 AM · 7.3 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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.