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Best score today · 8 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 526 AM EST
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.3 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 8 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
29Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
72Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Midnight Pass
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Pass · Inner · Semi-exposedPass · 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 Midnight Pass
Midnight Pass is a channel in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads pass, 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, Spanish mackerel 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
- Cutter Bank69
Bar · 2.9 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 69
- King mackerel 61
- Common snook 59
9 kt ESEL 12:38 PM · 0.3 ftH 6:10 PM · 1.5 ft
- Turtle Point65
Cape · 2.9 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Crevalle jack 62
- Florida pompano 62
4 kt ENEL 12:14 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:48 PM · 2.0 ft
- Linderman Creek65
Gut · 3.4 mi
Top: Common snookPeak season- Common snook 65
- Crevalle jack 63
- Florida pompano 62
9 kt ESEL 12:37 PM · 0.5 ftH 6:30 PM · 1.1 ft
- Mangrove Point62
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 62
- Common snook 60
- Crevalle jack 58
4 kt ENEL 12:14 PM · 0.5 ftH 6:12 PM · 1.3 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.