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Red grouperShoulder season

Cape · Georgia

Fog Point

31.21°N · 81.43°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 11 PM · Red grouper

82/100Great
Now
437 AM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High7.1 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Thu · 84

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score43Fair
Tide7.1 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind6 kn Ngusts 11 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s
Air temp73°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy43% cloud
Water85°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Red grouper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.

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Source: GADNR CRD · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Red grouper is best here

Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Red grouper season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Fog Point

Depth
6-20 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonRed grouper

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 Fog Point

Fog Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM, Georgia. Depth is 6-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.

Tackle & technique

Red grouper
Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
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.

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  • Manhead Sound

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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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.