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Little tunnyShoulder season

Bar · Florida

Triumph Reef

25.49°N · 80.12°W · Bar · Biscayne Bay

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Best score today · 6 PM · Little tunny

73/100Great
Now
393 AM EST
Best window
4-7 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.1 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Monday, Nov 2 · 6 AM

Time6A
Score57Good
Tide1.1 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.7 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind11 kn Egusts 16 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.5 ft · 5 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast89% chance of rain
Water81°FBias corrected

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 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

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Spot profile

Triumph Reef

Depth
20-25 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · 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 Triumph Reef

Triumph Reef is a bar in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Depth is 20-25 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are common snook, king mackerel and red grouper. It is peak season now for common snook, king mackerel, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for red grouper, gray snapper, greater amberjack and black drum. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through November. King mackerel peak from November through March. Red grouper peak from April 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.
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.
King mackerel
Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Legare Anchorage

    Channel · 1.1 mi

    68
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 68
    • Crevalle jack 65
    • Red drum 63

    4 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 ft

  • Bache Shoal

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    65
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 65
    • Crevalle jack 60
    • Red drum 58

    4 kt ENEL 6:54 AM · 0.5 ftH 1:21 PM · 2.9 ft

  • Sands Cut

    Channel · 4.1 mi

    64
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 57
    • Red drum 56

    4 kt ENEL 9:25 AM · 0.3 ftH 3:11 PM · 1.8 ft

  • Bowles Bank

    Bar · 3.0 mi

    62
    Top: Common snookPeak season
    • Common snook 62
    • Florida pompano 59
    • King mackerel 57

    4 kt ENEL 8:38 AM · 0.5 ftH 2:45 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.