Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release only, hook-and-line only.
Florida · Miami / Biscayne Bay
North end of the grand-slam stage. Bones and permit on the oceanside flats and ocean banks, baby tarpon and snook in the west-side mangroves. Educated fish, short windows, boat traffic.
Forecast
medium confidence
Morning line
Biscayne 7.1 on Saturday, January 30. 8 mph SE. Overcast. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 8
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
46% lit
Last quarter
neap range · 46%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.9 ft
outgoing
0.30 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 8723214
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 9.2
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.7 ft · wind to 16 mph · Clouds · 25%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
Cape Florida Channel
channel gut · public structure · deep
USGS GNIS 279999. The Key Biscayne throat. Current seams, not a wade.
USGS GNIS 279999
Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
Public geography. Tide seams off Key Biscayne. Virginia Key gauge is the clock.
West-side mangroves
mangrove edge · field manual · mid
Baby tarpon and snook. Not the oceanside slam. Outgoing along the roots.
Featherbed Bank
hard flat · public structure · skinny
USGS GNIS 282399. South Biscayne classic. Incoming on the bank. Educated bones. Boat traffic is part of the problem.
USGS GNIS 282399
Safety Valve
hard flat · public structure · skinny
USGS GNIS 293633. Oceanside flood. Permit and bones on a clean incoming. Wind from the east dirties it fast.
USGS GNIS 293633
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Outgoing water
8.8Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Sat 10:00 AM → Sat 5:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Sat 4:00 PM → Sun 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
7.7Sat 11:00 PM → Sun 6:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.8Sun 5:00 AM → Sun 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
County and state ramps near this water. FKNMS no-take is Keys-only, on the legal list.
Matheson Hammock Park
Miami-Dade Parks
West-side mangrove and basin launch. Baby tarpon and snook water, not the oceanside slam.
Official sourceCrandon Marina
Miami-Dade Parks
Key Biscayne. Oceanside banks and Stiltsville from here. Park fee.
Official sourceBlack Point Marina
Miami-Dade Parks
South Biscayne. Featherbed and the Safety Valve are the run.
Official sourceNOAA FKNMS management zones — Sanctuary Preservation Areas, Ecological Reserves, Research-Only.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release only, hook-and-line only.
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release. Fish over 40 in must stay in the water. One harvest tag/year only for a potential IGFA record.
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Florida: hook-and-line. Special Permit Zone (Keys) is tighter than the rest of the state — typically C&R. Verify FWC.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Florida: typically 10 in, inside the snapper aggregate. Verify FWC.
Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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Closed to harvest — still swims, do not keep. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Region matters. SE/Atlantic (Jupiter, Biscayne): typically 28–32 in, 1/day, closed Dec 15–Jan 31 and June 1–Aug 31. Charlotte Harbor / Southwest (Boca Grande): typically 28–33 in, closed Dec 1–end of Feb and May 1–Sep 30. Snook permit required. Verify FWC.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Ciguatera risk rises with size. Do not keep a big one for the table.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedFWC saltwater recreational · current FWC regional rules · rolls in 7 days. Snook closures are regional. Boca Grande is not Jupiter. Verify FWC before you keep one.
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