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Gag grouperPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Red drum66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Florida pompano64
- Little tunny64
- Weakfish63
- Southern flounder60
- Bluefish59
- Black drum58
- Black sea bass58
- Gag grouper55
- Striped bass55
- Summer flounder55
- Sheepshead54
- Red snapper47
- Crevalle jack43
- King mackerel42
- Greater amberjack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia32
Best score today · 5 PM · Gag grouper
- Now
- 552 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.8 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
86Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt WSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Gag grouper
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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
Peak season for Gag grouper · 8 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cedar Bay
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Cedar Bay
Cedar Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Goose Castle73
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 69
5 kt ENEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 ft
- Goose Point72
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Spot 66
- Atlantic croaker 65
5 kt ENEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 ft
- Wolf House Point69
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
5 kt ENEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.4 ft
- Goosecastle Point68
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
5 kt ENEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 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.