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Summer flounderPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot59
- Crevalle jack58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- King mackerel56
- Gray snapper55
- Red drum54
- Summer flounder51
- Florida pompano50
- Southern flounder50
- Gray triggerfish49
- Little tunny49
- Black sea bass48
- Gag grouper48
- Red snapper48
- Spanish mackerel48
- Black drum47
- Red grouper47
- Spotted seatrout47
- Sheepshead44
- Greater amberjack42
- Weakfish42
- Cobia40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 517 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
42Current: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Summer flounder is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Summer flounder is best here
Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Drummond Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSummer flounder
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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, little tunny 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
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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 63
12 kt NE
- Bull Point62
Cape · 7.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Atlantic croaker 60
12 kt NE
- Bluff Point55
Cape · 4.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 55
- King mackerel 55
- Little tunny 54
12 kt NE
- Horniblow Point53
Cape · 10 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 53
- King mackerel 52
- Little tunny 52
12 kt NE
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.