Fishing in Miami
Florida · Florida Peninsula · hardiness zone 11a
Now
27°C · Clear
Today
31° / 24°
Sun
07:06 – 19:25
Moon
Waxing Crescent · solunar good
Warm water holds less oxygen. Fish the springs, the inflows and the deep water, and release quickly.
- Snookbest now — Sitting in the shadow line of a lit dock or bridge, facing the current, taking anything the light delivers.
- Speckled trout (spotted seatrout) — Over grass beds and along drop-offs in low light, and around lights after dark.
In the water now · September
What's biting
The sport fish active near Miami, Florida in September — where they hold, how to know one on the line, and the tactic that usually works. Check your licence and the current limits before you go.
FishMar–NovRedfish (red drum)
Sciaenops ocellatus
Copper-bronze with at least one black spot at the base of the tail, and an underslung mouth.
Where and how to catch it →
FishMar–JunSpeckled trout (spotted seatrout)
Cynoscion nebulosus
Silver-grey with distinct round black spots on the back and tail, and two prominent canine teeth.
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Overhead · Miami, Florida
The sky over the water
The two clocks nothing on the ground can argue with: the length of the day, and the phase of the moon.
The sun
12h 19m of light
Sunrise
07:06
Solar noon
13:16
Sunset
19:25
A month from now the day will be 0h 45m shorter. Enough light for steady growth.
Right now · Miami, Florida
Forces at work
Nothing here is a guess. Each of these is read from this week's forecast and this location's climate record, and each one is pushing the season one way or the other.
- Worth watching
The moon
Waxing Crescent · 11%
Waxing, 3 days old. Full moon in 11 days. Fishing outlook: good.
It moves water — in the sea, in a lake's edge, and, by long tradition, in the sap of a plant. Fish feed hardest on the days around new and full.
- Worth watching
Wind
7 km/h now · 29 peak
Calm. Good for spraying, for transplanting, and for spotting a rise on flat water — but calm bright days push fish deep.
It pollinates corn and grasses, dries soil, breaks stems — and it decides where the bait, and therefore the fish, end up.
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