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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- Crevalle jack64
- Atlantic tarpon63
- King mackerel63
- Gray snapper62
- Red drum61
- Southern flounder61
- Summer flounder61
- Little tunny58
- Black drum57
- Black sea bass56
- Florida pompano56
- Gray triggerfish56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Gag grouper55
- Red grouper55
- Red snapper55
- Sheepshead55
- Cobia53
- Spanish mackerel53
- Greater amberjack51
- Weakfish49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 551 PM EDT
- Best window
- 1-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Goose Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Goose Point
Goose Point is a cape in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 little tunny, black drum, black sea bass and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
- Cedar Bay72
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 69
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft
- Gray Point67
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt NEH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft
- Goosecastle Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft
- Wolf House Point67
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt NEH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 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.