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Little tunnyShoulder season

Bay · Florida

Glory Hole

28.82°N · 80.76°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 7 PM · Little tunny

77/100Great
Now
4910 AM EDT
Best window
6-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.4 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score49Good
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward SSE
Wind3 kn Ngusts 9 · building
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 7 s
Air temp82°Hot
WeatherPartly cloudy48% cloud
Water84°FModel

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)

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

Glory Hole

Depth
About 1 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Glory Hole

Glory Hole is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.

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

  • Vanns Slough

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 73
    • Red drum 66

    3 kt NL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Mosquito Lagoon

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 73
    • Common snook 62

    3 kt NL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Tiger Shoal

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 73
    • Florida pompano 64

    3 kt NL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Pardon Slough

    Bay · 3.5 mi

    75
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 75
    • Spot 73
    • Red drum 65

    3 kt NL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 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.