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Spotted seatroutPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker59
- Spot57
- Crevalle jack54
- Gray snapper53
- Atlantic tarpon52
- Red drum50
- King mackerel48
- Summer flounder47
- Florida pompano46
- Black drum44
- Red snapper44
- Southern flounder44
- Black sea bass42
- Gray triggerfish42
- Spotted seatrout42
- Sheepshead41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Gag grouper40
- Red grouper40
- Weakfish40
- Cobia35
- Greater amberjack35
- Little tunny35
- Bluefish34
Best score today · 12 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 423 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-10 AMMoving water
Data from: ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Sep 27 · 1 AM
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
42Current: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 8 kt WNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Peak season for Spotted seatrout · 9 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpotted seatrout
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 Bull Bay
Bull Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 9-15 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 Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
Tackle & technique
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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
- Bull Point56
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 56
- Atlantic croaker 54
- Atlantic tarpon 54
15 kt NNE
- Drummond Point54
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Spot 53
- Gray snapper 49
15 kt NNE
- Bluff Point46
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 46
- Gray snapper 46
- Spot 46
15 kt NNE
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.