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Little tunnyPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish62
- Little tunny61
- Spot59
- Atlantic croaker58
- Black sea bass57
- Red drum57
- Southern flounder57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum55
- Bluefish55
- Summer flounder55
- Florida pompano54
- Gag grouper53
- Sheepshead53
- Red snapper46
- Striped bass44
- Crevalle jack42
- King mackerel42
- Greater amberjack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia32
Best score today · 6 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 619 AM EST
- Best window
- 11 AM-9 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.2 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Tuesday, Nov 10 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 5 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
87Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: Out of range
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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · 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
- This week
Spot profile
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Deep Bay
Deep Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, little tunny and spot. It is peak season now for weakfish, little tunny, black sea bass and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
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- Atlantic croaker 60
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- Broad Creek63
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- Red drum 59
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- Deer Creek62
Bay · 1.5 mi
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- Red drum 61
- Southern flounder 61
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- Northeast Prong60
Bay · 2.3 mi
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- Little tunny 59
- Black sea bass 57
10 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.