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Little tunnyShoulder season

Channel · Florida

Sherman Cut Range

30.39°N · 81.44°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 4 AM · Little tunny

82/100Great
Now
6010 AM EDT
Best window
10 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.6 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score60Good
Tide2.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb2.1 kn · toward NE
Wind8 kn NNEgusts 19 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 5 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy77% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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 (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 yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Little tunny is best here

Shoulder season for Little tunny · 1 more week at shoulder

Little tunny season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Little tunny · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Little tunny in Florida

Spot profile

Sherman Cut Range

Depth
15-50 ftSlope
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
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 Sherman Cut Range

Sherman Cut Range is a channel in Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 15-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, gray snapper and summer flounder. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, gray snapper, summer flounder and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, weakfish, little tunny and Florida pompano. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Summer flounder peak from September through October.

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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Mayport Cut Range

    Channel · 0.5 mi

    78
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 78
    • Gray snapper 75
    • Summer flounder 74

    8 kt NNEL 12:39 PM · 1.0 ftH 7:16 PM · 5.2 ft

  • Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 78
    • Gray snapper 75
    • King mackerel 75

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ft

  • Chicopit Bay

    Bay · 1.2 mi

    77
    Top: Crevalle jackPeak season
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Red drum 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 ft

  • Training Wall Reach

    Channel · 1.7 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Crevalle jack 76
    • Atlantic tarpon 73

    8 kt NNEL 1:07 PM · 0.8 ftH 7:43 PM · 4.5 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.