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Little tunnyOff seasonBar · Florida
Eastern Dry Rocks
24.46°N · 81.84°W · Bar · Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
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Best score today · 11 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 357 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-2 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.0 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
35Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
42Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Monroe County state waters (Florida Keys)
No rule for Little tunny is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with FWC before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Crevalle jack Retention open
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (10 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
- Permit Retention open (1 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
- Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined))
- Red snapper Check regulations
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Snook Catch & release (No retention)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Little tunny is best here
Out of season for Little tunny · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Eastern Dry Rocks
- Depth
- About 80 ft
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · Exposed
- Season
- Off seasonLittle tunny
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 464 m grid. Depths are feet below mean sea level, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Eastern Dry Rocks
Eastern Dry Rocks is a bar in Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge, Florida. Depth is about 80 ft. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are permit, red grouper and gray snapper. It is peak season now for common snook and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for permit, red grouper, gray snapper and Atlantic tarpon. Permit peak from March through June. Red grouper peak from April through June. Gray snapper peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Permit
- Permit cruise flat edges and channels in 2 to 6 feet of water in the Keys and Biscayne Bay, and school over wrecks and reefs in 30 to 120 feet, especially during the spring spawn. A live or artificial crab is the standard bait, cast ahead of a tailing fish on the flats or dropped to a school on a wreck. They spook easily in shallow water, so good light and a long, quiet cast are needed.
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Main Ship Channel70
Channel · 4.9 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Common snook 69
5 kt SH 8:14 AM · 2.1 ftL 2:44 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sand Key Channel67
Channel · 4.6 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponShoulder season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Common snook 66
- Crevalle jack 64
4 kt SSWL 2:18 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:32 PM · 1.6 ft
- Middle Ground63
Bar · 4.0 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 63
- Crevalle jack 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
4 kt SSWL 2:18 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:32 PM · 1.6 ft
- Sand Key59
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 59
- Atlantic tarpon 59
- Common snook 56
4 kt SSWL 2:18 PM · 0.5 ftH 8:32 PM · 1.6 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with FWC before you keep a fish.