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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot60
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Gray snapper58
- King mackerel58
- Red drum58
- Crevalle jack57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Black drum54
- Red snapper52
- Summer flounder52
- Florida pompano51
- Southern flounder50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Gag grouper48
- Little tunny48
- Red grouper48
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack44
- Sheepshead44
- Cobia41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 481 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.8 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
55Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 11 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
76Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · 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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cape Point
- Depth
- 5-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Cape Point
Cape Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, black drum, red snapper and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through 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.
- 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
- Barden Inlet73
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- Atlantic tarpon 72
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- Lookout Bight67
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- Spot 66
- Gray snapper 64
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- Catfish Point62
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- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
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- Wreck Point62
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
11 kt EH 4:13 AM · 3.5 ftL 10:21 AM · 1.3 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.