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Little tunnyShoulder season

Cape · Florida

Convoy Point

25.46°N · 80.33°W · Cape · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 6 AM · Little tunny

77/100Great
Now
383 AM EST
Best window
5-8 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High2.0 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 3 AM · now

Time3ANOW
Score38Fair
Tide2.0 ftHigh
CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward ESE
Wind4 kn ENEgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.0 ft · 5 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy67% chance of rain
Water82°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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 (50 per day)
  • Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
  • Bluefish Retention open (3 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 (2 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 Retention open (1 per day)
  • Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • 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

Shoulder season for Little tunny · 25 more weeks at shoulder

Little tunny season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Little tunny · 25 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Convoy Point

Depth
3-5 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonLittle tunny

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Convoy Point

Convoy Point is a cape in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, Florida pompano and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for common snook, crevalle jack, red drum and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Florida pompano peak from December through March. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November.

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.
Common snook
Snook ambush bait around mangrove shorelines, bridge and dock lights, jetties and the mouths of passes and inlets, generally in 2 to 15 feet of water. Fish moving water, especially the outgoing tide, with a live pilchard, pinfish or shrimp, or a jerkbait or soft plastic swum past the structure. In summer they spawn along beaches and inlets, and in winter they crowd into rivers, canals and deep backcountry creeks where the water stays warmer.
Florida pompano
Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Midnight Pass

    Channel · 6.0 mi

    69
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 69
    • Red drum 62
    • Crevalle jack 61

    4 kt ENEL 10:07 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:13 PM · 1.3 ft

  • Mangrove Point

    Cape · 5.4 mi

    61
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 61
    • Florida pompano 53
    • Red drum 53

    4 kt ENEL 10:07 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:13 PM · 1.3 ft

  • Pelican Bank

    Bar · 3.1 mi

    60
    Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season
    • Florida pompano 60
    • Common snook 55
    • King mackerel 49

    4 kt ENEL 10:05 AM · 0.5 ftH 3:55 PM · 2.0 ft

  • Turtle Point

    Cape · 3.2 mi

    55
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 55
    • Florida pompano 53
    • Crevalle jack 48

    4 kt ENEL 10:05 AM · 0.5 ftH 3:55 PM · 2.0 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.