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Best score today · 2 AM · Yellowfin tuna

80/100Great

Now: 352 AM EDT
Best window: 2-6 AMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding1.9 ft ▲

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 84

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Conditions · 2 AM · now

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Time2ANOW

Score35Fair

Tide1.9 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentEbb0.9 kn · toward E

Wind3 kn NEgusts 5 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 6 s

Air temp77°Warm

WeatherPartly cloudy23% cloud

Water85°FObserved

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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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Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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Spot profile

Saint Johns Point

Depth: 10-60 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · drop-off
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 Saint Johns Point

Saint Johns Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 10-60 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic tarpon, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red snapper, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Red drum peak from August through November.

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 tarpon: Tarpon roll along beaches, in passes and channels, and under bridges from late spring through fall, and in South Florida some fish stay through winter in warm canals and backcountry rivers. Live crabs, mullet or pinfish drifted through a pass on the outgoing tide, or a fly or soft plastic cast ahead of a rolling string of fish, are the main approaches. Use a long heavy leader, bow to the jumps, and keep big fish in the water for release.
Gray snapper: Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.

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