Sit it outno tarpon window clears the bar in 36 hours
Water is 79°, close to the 80° tarpon like best. Wind builds to 32 mph out of the northeast by today at 1:00 pm.
Each float is an hour. The deeper it rides, the better the bite. The strip underneath runs daylight, dusk and dark; the red rule marks the best window. Click any hour to read it.
Right now
Tarpon range 74–90°
From the northeast · rough for small boats
Sunrise 7:25 am
60% chance of rain
NWS hourly forecast
Measured, last 3 hours
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Each species is scored against its own water-temperature range and tide preference, then wind, weather and warnings. The rules are Florida regulations for these waters.
Right in tarpon's ideal range. Tarpon prefers incoming tide. Fish feed actively ahead of a pressure drop. Holds 3–30 ft down.
Catch and release only today. Catch-and-release only. Tarpon over 40" must stay in the water unless you hold a tarpon tag (one per person a year), bought before fishing, in pursuit of a Florida state or world record.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Apr–Sep. More on tarpon
Spotted seatrout prefers incoming tide. Fish feed actively ahead of a pressure drop. Inside spotted seatrout's active range. Holds 3–15 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Northeast Region: 15–19" slot; no fish over 19" may be kept. 3 per person a day, open year-round.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Year-round, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. More on spotted seatrout
Right in common snook's ideal range. Fish feed actively ahead of a pressure drop. Get off the water immediately when storms approach. Holds 2–20 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Atlantic: 28–32" slot, 1/day, snook permit required. Harvest open Feb 1–May 31 and Sep 1–Dec 14; catch-and-release the rest of the year.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Mar–Nov. Likes an outgoing tide. More on common snook
Fish feed actively ahead of a pressure drop. Inside sheepshead's active range. Get off the water immediately when storms approach. Holds 5–40 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 12" minimum, 8 per person a day; vessel limit 50 per trip in March and April.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Year-round, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. Likes slack water. More on sheepshead
Solunar tables are a popular heuristic. A peer-reviewed test found they don’t predict catch on their own, so here they only nudge the score when the tide or moon already agree. How the score works
We only show reports an agency has published, with their date. Florida FWC has the state’s fishing pages.
Licenses and rules: state fishery agencies · fish-consumption advisory
The south tip of Key Biscayne, with the bay-side seawall at No Name Harbor and ocean beach to the lighthouse. FWC's Miami-Dade calendar has snook in mid to late summer and sheepshead year-round; seatrout live on the Biscayne Bay flats, where Biscayne National Park sets its own seatrout rules.
Public spots within 40 miles, with the same 36 hours of floats.
Yes (anglers age 16 and older). To fish at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park you need the appropriate state fishing license. See the agency's current rules: the state agency website
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park is listed on this site for 4 commonly-targeted species: Common Snook, Tarpon, Spotted Seatrout, Sheepshead. Which species is currently in season and which is scoring highest today is shown in the per-species ranking on this page.
It depends more on the species and the day's conditions than on a fixed "best hour." Water temperature, weather, and — at tidal locations — the stage of the tide drive activity most. The per-species ranking on this page scores every target species at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park against today's live conditions, so the fish near the top are your best bets right now; check back as conditions change through the day.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park has multiple access types — pier, shoreline, and at least one public boat ramp.
state agency regulations apply at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Size limits, creel limits, and seasonal closures are listed per species on each species page. Always confirm against the agency source linked from each regulation block — emergency closures can take effect mid-season.
Yes. Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park sits on tidal water with a NOAA tide station nearby. Today's high/low timing is in the tide chart on this page.
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