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Little tunnyShoulder season

Bay · Florida

Chambers Cove

27.69°N · 80.38°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Little tunny

76/100Great
Now
486 PM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High3.9 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 PM · now

Time6PNOW
Score48Good
Tide3.9 ftHigh
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward S
Wind4 kn NEgusts 13 · easing
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 7 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherOvercast87% chance of rain
Water86°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)

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

Chambers Cove

Depth
2-7 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Chambers Cove

Chambers Cove is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black sea bass, wahoo and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
Spot
Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Indian River Narrows

    Channel · 1.2 mi

    80
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 80
    • Spot 75
    • Atlantic tarpon 70

    4 kt NEL 12:29 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:37 AM · 4.0 ft

  • Pople Point

    Cape · 0.1 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 62

    4 kt NEL 12:29 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:37 AM · 4.0 ft

  • Stingray Point

    Cape · 0.2 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 62

    4 kt NEL 12:29 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:37 AM · 4.0 ft

  • Bee Gum Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 62

    4 kt NEL 12:29 AM · 0.9 ftH 6:37 AM · 4.0 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.