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Yellowfin tunaOff season

Gut · Florida

Fort George River

30.44°N · 81.42°W · Gut · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 9 AM · Yellowfin tuna

81/100Great
Now
353 PM EDT
Best window
5 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding1.7 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 3 PM · now

Time3PNOW
Score35Fair
Tide1.7 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind11 kn NEgusts 22 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.8 ft · 4 s
Air temp80°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy100% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Yellowfin tuna 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 (2 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 Yellowfin tuna is best here

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Yellowfin tuna in Florida

Spot profile

Fort George River

Depth
1-7 ftNearest water
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Off seasonYellowfin tuna

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 Fort George River

Fort George River is a gut in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack and gray snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack, gray snapper and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black sea bass, black drum and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September.

Tackle & technique

Yellowfin tuna
Yellowfin feed in blue water along canyon edges, the shelf break, current edges, deepwater platforms and FADs, usually from the surface to about 300 feet. Troll ballyhoo, spreader bars and cedar plugs early in the day, then chunk butterfish or sardines, fish live hardtails, or drop jigs to marks. Around Gulf platforms and in the canyons the night bite on chunks and jigs is often better than the day.
Atlantic croaker
Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Fort George Inlet

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    70
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 70
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Summer flounder 63

    11 kt NEH 6:41 PM · 6.1 ftL 1:08 AM · 1.1 ft

  • Horseshoe Creek

    Bay · 2.0 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 64

    11 kt NEH 7:27 PM · 5.3 ftL 1:54 AM · 0.8 ft

  • Broward Creek

    Bay · 2.4 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 64

    11 kt NEH 7:21 PM · 5.6 ftL 1:38 AM · 0.7 ft

  • Deep Creek

    Gut · 2.1 mi

    63
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 63
    • Atlantic croaker 62
    • King mackerel 59

    11 kt NEH 7:45 PM · 4.9 ftL 1:58 AM · 1.0 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.