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Summer flounderPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot68
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Crevalle jack62
- Red drum62
- Southern flounder61
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel60
- Florida pompano57
- Summer flounder57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Spanish mackerel54
- Little tunny53
- Black drum52
- Black sea bass51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Gag grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Red grouper49
- Weakfish48
- Sheepshead47
- Cobia46
- Greater amberjack45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 577 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
56Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 2 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & 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
Tuckahoe Point
- Depth
- 2-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Tuckahoe Point
Tuckahoe Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 2-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
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, Spanish mackerel, 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
- 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
- Stumpy Creek Bay76
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 71
2 kt EH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:28 AM · 0.4 ft
- Georgia Bay75
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Atlantic tarpon 71
2 kt EH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:28 AM · 0.4 ft
- Cypress Point72
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 71
2 kt EH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:28 AM · 0.4 ft
- Bear Point71
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 67
2 kt EH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:28 AM · 0.4 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.