Inshore, bays and inlets

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

The bulldog. When the water is boiling under birds, it is usually jacks.

What they like

  • 1–8 musual depth (they tolerate 0.4–40 m)
  • 20–30 °Cwater temperature they feed in
  • clear or coloured waterwater clarity
  • channels, sloping edges, open even bottombottom they hunt, in order
  • a moving tide (rising or falling)tide
  • dawn and dusklight

Crashing bait along beaches, inlets and channel mouths at dawn; anywhere birds are diving.

Season by region

Peak months, shaded. Outside them the species may still be around, just less reliably.

Florida and the Gulf
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Caribbean and Bahamas
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Georgia to the Chesapeake
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Bait and technique

Methods: spinning / casting, fly.

Bait and lures: Topwater plugs, big poppers, spoons, any fast fly.

Technique: Find the busting school, cast into it, hold on. Big ones will tow a kayak.

Rules

Note: Unregulated in most states; a fine fighter, poor eating.

Seasons, sizes and bag limits change every year and differ by zone. Check the current regulations before you keep anything.

Depth maps where jack crevalle live

Depth map preview of Bimini, Bahamas±0.67 m

Bahamas

Bimini, Bahamas

  • ±0.67 mtypical error
  • 1,990laser soundings checked
  • 74 km²of shallows

Updated 21 h ago

Preferences are expert estimates from the fisheries literature and angling practice, not measurements at your spot. The likelihoods on the maps are a planning aid, not a catch prediction.