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Yellowfin tunaOff seasonCape · Florida
Seymour Point
30.57°N · 81.50°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker55
- Crevalle jack54
- Spot52
- King mackerel49
- Red drum49
- Atlantic tarpon48
- Florida pompano48
- Gray snapper45
- Summer flounder43
- Black sea bass42
- Spanish mackerel42
- Gray triggerfish41
- Mahi-mahi40
- Red grouper40
- Southern flounder40
- Little tunny39
- Red snapper39
- Black drum37
- Cobia36
- Greater amberjack35
- Sailfish35
- Sheepshead35
- Spotted seatrout34
- Wahoo34
- Yellowfin tuna32
- Weakfish30
- Bluefish28
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 4 AM · Yellowfin tuna
- Now
- 322 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
37Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
38Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Yellowfin tuna
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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)
Source: FWC · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Yellowfin tuna is best here
Out of season for Yellowfin tuna · shoulder season starts in 6 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Seymour Point
- Depth
- 5-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- 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 Seymour Point
Seymour Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 5-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack, spot and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black sea bass, Spanish mackerel and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Spot peak from September through October.
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
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- City Front Reach67
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- Crevalle jack 63
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- Crevalle jack 62
- Red drum 60
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- Nassau Sound60
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- King mackerel 58
- Atlantic croaker 57
10 kt NEH 7:03 PM · 5.6 ftL 1:42 AM · 1.1 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.