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Florida pompanoShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot63
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Gray snapper59
- Crevalle jack58
- Red drum58
- Southern flounder56
- Spotted seatrout53
- Summer flounder52
- King mackerel51
- Black drum50
- Florida pompano49
- Red snapper47
- Spanish mackerel46
- Weakfish46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Sheepshead45
- Black sea bass44
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper43
- Cobia42
- Greater amberjack39
- Little tunny39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Florida pompano
- Now
- 4912 AM EDT
- Best window
- 12 AM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
31Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 10 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 82°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Florida pompano
Species seasonality
66Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Florida pompano 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 Florida pompano is best here
Shoulder season for Florida pompano · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonFlorida pompano
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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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 Point62
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Atlantic croaker 60
10 kt E
- Reed Point62
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Atlantic croaker 60
10 kt E
- Drummond Point60
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 58
- Atlantic tarpon 57
10 kt E
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 54
- Atlantic croaker 53
- Spot 53
10 kt E
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.