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Little tunnyOff season

Bay · Florida

Hurricane Creek

25.39°N · 80.23°W · Bay · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 10 AM · Little tunny

77/100Great
Now
356 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding2.0 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 PM · now

Time6PNOW
Score35Fair
Tide2.0 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood1.1 kn · toward NW
Wind2 kn ENEgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 3 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% chance of rain
Water88°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

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 Retention open (5 per day)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • 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)

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When Little tunny is best here

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Little tunny in Florida

Spot profile

Hurricane Creek

Depth
1-9 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
Season
Off 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 Hurricane Creek

Hurricane Creek is a bay in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 1-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 18 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, common snook and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for crevalle jack and common snook, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, red drum, permit and bonefish. Crevalle jack peak from April through May and from September through November. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from March through June.

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.
Crevalle jack
Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Jones Lagoon

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    77
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Atlantic tarpon 75
    • Common snook 73

    4 kt SH 8:48 PM · 1.4 ftL 3:44 AM · 0.5 ft

  • Jones Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    71
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 71
    • Crevalle jack 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 69

    2 kt ENEH 8:37 PM · 1.6 ftL 3:43 AM · 0.6 ft

  • Caesar Creek

    Channel · 0.3 mi

    70
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 70
    • Crevalle jack 66

    2 kt ENEH 6:42 PM · 2.1 ftL 1:00 AM · 0.9 ft

  • Caesar Creek Bank

    Bar · 1.4 mi

    65
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 65
    • Atlantic tarpon 62
    • Crevalle jack 60

    2 kt ENEH 6:42 PM · 2.1 ftL 1:00 AM · 0.9 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.