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Gag grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Gray snapper59
- Red drum58
- Crevalle jack57
- Southern flounder56
- Spotted seatrout53
- Summer flounder52
- Black drum50
- King mackerel50
- Florida pompano48
- Weakfish47
- Spanish mackerel46
- Red snapper45
- Sheepshead44
- Gray triggerfish43
- Black sea bass42
- Cobia42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Little tunny40
- Greater amberjack38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Gag grouper
- Now
- 415 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 AM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
60Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gag grouper
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gag grouper 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 Gag grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Gag grouper · 5 more weeks 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 seasonGag 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 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, weakfish 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
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
- 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
- Reed Point63
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Atlantic croaker 61
- Southern flounder 61
8 kt ENE
- Bull Point62
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Atlantic tarpon 61
- Southern flounder 60
8 kt ENE
- Drummond Point61
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- Atlantic tarpon 56
8 kt ENE
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Spot 54
- Atlantic tarpon 54
8 kt ENE
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.