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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker51
- Spot51
- Crevalle jack49
- Gray snapper49
- Red drum49
- King mackerel45
- Summer flounder44
- Black drum41
- Red snapper40
- Florida pompano39
- Spanish mackerel39
- Black sea bass37
- Gray triggerfish37
- Gag grouper36
- Red grouper36
- Sheepshead36
- Weakfish36
- Little tunny35
- Bluefish34
- Cobia32
- Greater amberjack32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 5 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 3511 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb current
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · 11 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
57Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
15Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
66Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: Out of 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Little tunny is best here
Shoulder season for Little tunny · 1 more week at shoulder
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Casey Bay
- Depth
- Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · 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 Casey Bay
Casey Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Florida pompano and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
- Baymarsh Thorofare57
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- Gray snapper 53
- Crevalle jack 52
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ft
- Warren Gilgos Creek57
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Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 57
- Gray snapper 53
- Crevalle jack 52
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ft
- Evergreen Slough55
Gut · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 55
- Red drum 52
- Spot 52
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ft
- Haulover Point48
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 48
- King mackerel 48
- Red drum 48
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 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.