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Yellowfin tunaOff season

Bay · Florida

Granny Cove

28.73°N · 80.75°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 9 AM · Yellowfin tuna

78/100Great
Now
351 PM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.2 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score35Fair
Tide0.2 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward S
Wind7 kn NNEgusts 16 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 7 s
Air temp81°Warm
WeatherOvercast82% chance of rain
Water83°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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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 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 Yellowfin tuna is best here

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Yellowfin tuna in Florida

Spot profile

Granny Cove

Depth
About 2 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
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 Granny Cove

Granny Cove is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is about 2 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, gray triggerfish and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.

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.
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

  • Dummit Cove

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 75
    • Crevalle jack 74

    7 kt NNEL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Dummit Creek

    Bay · 1.5 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 75
    • Crevalle jack 74

    7 kt NNEL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Bairs Cove

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Crevalle jack 74
    • Spot 74

    7 kt NNEL 4:22 PM · 0.0 ftH 9:51 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Duckroost Cove

    Bay · 1.6 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Crevalle jack 74
    • Spot 74

    7 kt NNEL 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.