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Best score today · 12 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 483 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.2 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
38Water temp: 59°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Little tunny is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maine DMR before you keep a fish.
Source: Maine DMR · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Little tunny is best here
Peak season for Little tunny · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Back River
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
- Season
- Peak 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 Back River
Back River is a gut in Casco Bay, Maine. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, scup and black sea bass. It is peak season now for striped bass, scup, black sea bass and Atlantic cod, and shoulder season for summer flounder and tautog. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Scup peak from June through September. Black sea bass peak from June through July and in September.
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.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Greenleaf Ledge68
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Black sea bass 64
- Atlantic cod 63
4 kt NH 8:02 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:49 PM · 2.2 ft
- Stover Ledge68
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Black sea bass 64
- Striped bass 64
4 kt NH 7:53 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 ft
- Hodgdon Ledge68
Bar · 2.1 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 68
- Black sea bass 64
- Striped bass 64
4 kt NH 7:53 AM · 7.5 ftL 1:41 PM · 2.1 ft
- McCarty Cove67
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 67
- Scup 64
- Bluefish 58
4 kt NH 8:02 AM · 7.6 ftL 1:49 PM · 2.2 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 Maine DMR before you keep a fish.