Jupiter Fishing Report & Forecast
Today's best window: 9 AM to 12 PM
Do I need a license in Jupiter?
View Jupiter fishing mapThe next 14 days in Jupiter
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCasterTwo weeks ahead
Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.
One number, out of 100
The best score anything in Jupiter reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
10,080 scores behind it
30 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at Boyton Kiwanis-Miller Lite Reef
All times EDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Boyton Kiwanis-Miller Lite Reef, the most fished spot in Jupiter, scored for Common Snook.
Six readings, one clock
Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.
Currents, not just tides
Modelled flow for the water off Jupiter, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
The spots people actually fish in Jupiter
24 more on the mapA year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Jupiter comes first.
Today's number too
Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.
Every spot has a page
Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.
- 71Boyton Kiwanis-Miller Lite ReefKnown spotBest 1 PM–4 PM · Mid ebb · Lumpy
- 71Goggle-Eye ReefKnown spotBest 1 PM–4 PM · Mid ebb · Lumpy
- 70Kreusler Park ReefKnown spotBest 1 PM–4 PM · Late ebb · Lumpy
- 65Pep ReefKnown spotBest 5 AM–8 AM · Mid ebb · Lumpy
- 65Lake Worth Inlet HumpKnown spotBest 5 AM–8 AM · Mid ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 65Everglades Island Barge ReefKnown spotBest 5 AM–8 AM · Mid ebb · Lumpy
Every spot we score in Jupiter
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
30 spots, all scored
Every spot we cover around Jupiter, each one carrying its own number for today.
Point at any of them
The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.
Create custom spots
Our full model on your custom private spots.
- Drop a pinAnywhere on the water. The ledge you found, the bay nobody talks about.
- Name itYour name for it, not ours. It stays private to your account.
- Choose speciesPick what you fish there, and it starts scoring from the next run.
What you can keep in Jupiter today
- Common SnookKeep1 a day · min 28"Open at all 26 spots we cover
- DoradoKeep5 a day · min 20"Open at all 4 spots we cover
- Mutton SnapperKeep5 a day · min 18"Open at all 30 spots we cover
- Gray SnapperKeep5 a day · min 10"Open at all 26 spots we cover
- King MackerelKeep2 a day · min 24"Open at all 26 spots we cover
- Yellowtail SnapperKeep10 a day · min 12"Open at all 26 spots we cover
- WahooKeep2 a dayOpen at all 4 spots we cover
Rules differ between management regions and change in season. Check FWC for the management region you are fishing before you keep anything.
All 30 spots in Jupiter
Every spot we cover around Jupiter has its own page, with the tide, the wind and the next 14 days.
- Ande ReefBoat · 19 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- ARHF Juno ReefBoat · 9.0 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- Boyton Kiwanis-Miller Lite ReefBoat · 43 km · best for King Mackerel
- East Munyon Island HumpBoat · 16 km · best for Common Snook
- Entrance ChannelBoat · 19 km · best for Common Snook
- Entrance Channel HumpBoat · 20 km · best for Common Snook
- Everglades Island Barge ReefBoat · 28 km · best for King Mackerel
- Everglades Island HumpBoat · 26 km · best for King Mackerel
- Flagler Bridge Material ReefBoat · 18 km · best for Gray Snapper
- Goggle-Eye ReefBoat · 43 km · best for King Mackerel
- Jupiter Inlet ReefBoat · 5.0 km · best for Common Snook
- Kelsey Park ReefBoat · 16 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- Kreusler Park ReefBoat · 36 km · best for King Mackerel
- Kwiecinski ReefBoat · 6.0 km · best for King Mackerel
- Lake Worth InletBoat · 19 km · best for Common Snook
- Lake Worth Inlet HumpBoat · 23 km · best for King Mackerel
- Little Munyon Island HumpBoat · 14 km · best for Common Snook
- Miss Jenny ReefBoat · 9.0 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- Munyon Island HumpBoat · 15 km · best for Common Snook
- Peanut IslandBoat · 19 km · best for Common Snook
- Pep ReefBoat · 29 km · best for King Mackerel
- Ratican ReefBoat · 10 km · best for Wahoo
- Rybovich ReefBoat · 21 km · best for Common Snook
- Sea Mist II ReefBoat · 11 km · best for Dorado
- Sherman PointBoat · 17 km · best for Common Snook
- Singer IslandBoat · 18 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- Singer Island HumpBoat · 18 km · best for Common Snook
- Southern Blvd Bridge ReefBoat · 29 km · best for King Mackerel
- The Playground ReefBoat · 22 km · best for Mutton Snapper
- Thozina ReefBoat · 22 km · best for Common Snook
That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.
Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.
$0 today, then $33 CAD a year, which is $2.75 a month. Card required, cancel any time.
When to fish Jupiter
Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.
| Species | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Snook | ||||||||||||
| Dorado | ||||||||||||
| Mutton Snapper | ||||||||||||
| Gray Snapper | ||||||||||||
| King Mackerel | ||||||||||||
| Yellowtail Snapper | ||||||||||||
| Wahoo |
Common Snook: January poor, February poor, March fair, April good, May excellent, June peak, July excellent, August good, September fair, October good, November fair, December poor. Dorado: January none, February poor, March good, April peak, May peak, June peak, July good, August fair, September fair, October good, November poor, December none. Mutton Snapper: January fair, February fair, March good, April excellent, May peak, June excellent, July good, August fair, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Gray Snapper: January poor, February poor, March fair, April good, May excellent, June peak, July excellent, August good, September fair, October fair, November fair, December poor. King Mackerel: January good, February good, March excellent, April peak, May good, June poor, July poor, August poor, September poor, October good, November peak, December good. Yellowtail Snapper: January poor, February fair, March fair, April good, May excellent, June excellent, July excellent, August excellent, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Wahoo: January good, February fair, March fair, April excellent, May fair, June poor, July none, August poor, September fair, October peak, November peak, December excellent.
- Common Snook. Jupiter's snook are resident year-round. Abundance peaks from late May through July, when large numbers of fish stage at Jupiter Inlet, along the beaches, and in the Loxahatchee for summer spawning. A secondary bump comes in October with the fall mullet run. Numbers stay lower in winter, when cold fronts push fish up the river and into warm-water refuges rather than out of the area.
- Dorado. Jupiter's Gulf Stream proximity keeps dorado present year-round, but the main northbound spring migration peaks from mid-April through May as fish follow warming water and weedlines. Summer abundance stays solid with gradual tapering into August. A modest secondary bump in early October reflects fall southbound movement, before winter lows when cooler water and fronts push most fish offshore and south.
- Mutton Snapper. Mutton snapper are resident year-round on Jupiter's reefs and ledges, so the curve never drops to zero. Abundance builds through spring and peaks from late April through June as fish aggregate to spawn around full moons, with influx from the Keys and Bahamas side. Numbers taper to a steady baseline through summer, fall and winter once the spawning aggregations disperse.
- Gray Snapper. Gray snapper are year-round residents on Jupiter's reefs, inlet, and Loxahatchee River, so the curve never drops to zero. Abundance builds through spring as adults stage on nearshore reefs and peaks in late May through early July around the summer full-moon spawning aggregations. Numbers ease through fall and reach a modest winter low when cold fronts push fish deeper and disperse them.
- King Mackerel. Jupiter sees a strong spring run (late Mar–early May) as kings follow bait north along the narrow shelf near the Gulf Stream, and a second fall peak in November tied to the mullet run. Winter holds solid numbers of the overwintering Atlantic migratory group, while summer drops to a resident population of larger fish on the reefs and near the inlet rather than true absence.
- Yellowtail Snapper. Yellowtail snapper are resident on Jupiter's reefs and ledges year-round, so the curve stays broad with no gaps. Abundance on the nearshore reefs builds through spring and peaks from late May through July, when spawning aggregations form in the warm Gulf Stream–influenced water. Numbers ease in fall and dip slightly in mid-winter, when cold fronts and upwelling push some fish deeper or south.
- Wahoo. Off Jupiter, wahoo are most abundant from October through December, when the fall migration pushes fish along the Gulf Stream edge on cooler fronts and full moons. Good numbers carry through winter, followed by a smaller secondary push in April. Numbers thin to their lowest in summer (July–August) when warm water disperses fish, but they are never truly absent from the nearby Stream.
Before you go
Water around Jupiter falls into 2 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sets them.
- Federal Atlantic Waters off Southeast Florida
- Florida Atlantic State Waters: Southeast Region
Florida saltwater fishing license
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · 2026
Annual, Florida resident aged 16 to 64: $17.00
snook permit $10.00 a year, needed to keep a snook. Boat anglers fishing grouper, snapper or amberjack also need the free State Reef Fish Angler designation.
Anglers under 16 and Florida residents 65 and older need no license. Residents fishing from land can use the free shoreline license, and a pier with its own saltwater pier license covers everyone on it.
Fishing Jupiter
Jupiter sits at the mouth of Jupiter Inlet on Florida's southeast coast, where the Loxahatchee River and the Intracoastal Waterway meet the Atlantic Ocean. Its 41 fishing spots split between inshore structure, such as inlet entrance channels and humps inside the lagoon system, and a string of artificial reefs scattered along the nearshore Atlantic from Juno south toward Boynton. Common Snook and Gray Snapper anchor the inshore and reef fishery, with both species peaking from May through July, while Mutton Snapper hit their stride on the reefs from April through June. King Mackerel run in two distinct pulses, March through April and again October through November, and anglers target them by slow trolling over the offshore reefs. Crevalle Jack round out the lineup, so the calendar stays busy from early spring through late fall.
Common questions about Jupiter
›Do I need a fishing license in Jupiter?
Yes. Fishing around Jupiter needs the Florida saltwater fishing license from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. $17.00 a year for a Florida resident aged 16 to 64 in 2026. The snook permit ($10.00 a year) is needed to keep a snook. Boat anglers fishing grouper, snapper or amberjack also need the free State Reef Fish Angler designation. Anglers under 16 and Florida residents 65 and older need no license. Residents fishing from land can use the free shoreline license, and a pier with its own saltwater pier license covers everyone on it.