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Little tunnyShoulder season

Bay · Florida

Snake Creek

29.00°N · 80.89°W · Bay · Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 8 AM · Little tunny

78/100Great
Now
609 AM EDT
Best window
9 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.8 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Fri · 82

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score60Good
Tide1.8 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward SE
Wind4 kn NNWgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 8 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy67% cloud
Water82°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 Catch & release (No retention)
  • 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 (2 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 Little tunny is best here

Shoulder season for Little tunny · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Snake Creek

Depth
Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Snake Creek

Snake Creek is a bay in Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, gray triggerfish and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Spot 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.
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.

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    82
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    • Atlantic croaker 82
    • Atlantic tarpon 78
    • Crevalle jack 77

    4 kt NNWL 1:09 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:20 PM · 2.5 ft

  • Big Snapper Cut

    Channel · 0.7 mi

    82
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 82
    • Atlantic tarpon 78
    • Crevalle jack 77

    4 kt NNWL 1:09 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:20 PM · 2.5 ft

  • Indian River North

    Channel · 1.9 mi

    82
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 82
    • Spot 77
    • Common snook 72

    4 kt NNWL 2:38 PM · 0.1 ftH 8:35 PM · 1.1 ft

  • Browns Bay

    Bay · 0.3 mi

    78
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 78
    • Crevalle jack 77
    • Spot 76

    4 kt NNWL 1:09 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:20 PM · 2.5 ft

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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.