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SheepsheadShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot58
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Crevalle jack56
- Gray snapper54
- King mackerel54
- Red drum53
- Southern flounder52
- Summer flounder51
- Florida pompano49
- Gray triggerfish48
- Little tunny48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Black drum47
- Black sea bass47
- Red snapper47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Gag grouper46
- Red grouper46
- Sheepshead44
- Cobia41
- Greater amberjack41
- Weakfish40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 4411 AM EDT
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- 11 AM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
82Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead is best here
Shoulder season for Sheepshead · 18 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Drummond Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSheepshead
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 Drummond Point
Drummond Point is a cape in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, little tunny and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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 Bay66
Bay · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 62
9 kt ENE
- Bull Point62
Cape · 7.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Atlantic tarpon 61
- Atlantic croaker 60
9 kt ENE
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 4.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Crevalle jack 54
- King mackerel 54
9 kt ENE
- Horniblow Point52
Cape · 10 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 52
- Crevalle jack 52
- Little tunny 52
9 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.