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Red grouperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish75
- Spot73
- Atlantic croaker72
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout69
- Little tunny68
- Southern flounder68
- Black sea bass67
- Bluefish67
- Black drum66
- Florida pompano64
- Sheepshead63
- Summer flounder63
- Gag grouper62
- Red snapper59
- Striped bass57
- Crevalle jack50
- King mackerel49
- Greater amberjack47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 3512 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Friday, Nov 6 · 12 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 6 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 65°F, coolLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
24Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red 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 Red grouper is best here
Out of season for Red grouper · shoulder season starts in 26 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonRed 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 Deep Bay
Deep Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for weakfish, red drum, spotted seatrout and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
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- Atlantic croaker 76
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- Broad Creek75
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 75
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Southern flounder 73
4 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
- Deer Creek74
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 74
- Weakfish 74
- Southern flounder 73
4 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
- Northeast Prong74
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 74
- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
8 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
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.