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- Best of all
- King mackerel64
- Gray snapper61
- Red snapper61
- Red drum59
- Black sea bass57
- Gag grouper57
- Gray triggerfish57
- Atlantic croaker56
- Red grouper56
- Spot56
- Summer flounder55
- Crevalle jack54
- Black drum51
- Greater amberjack51
- Sheepshead48
- Spanish mackerel48
- Florida pompano47
- Little tunny44
- Cobia41
- Weakfish40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 8 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 4410 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.3 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
71Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
48Wind: 14 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Little tunny
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Little tunny 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 Little tunny is best here
Shoulder season for Little tunny · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Grays Rock
- Depth
- 5-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonLittle tunny
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 Grays Rock
Grays Rock is a bar in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, gray snapper and red snapper. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for red snapper, black sea bass, gag grouper and gray triggerfish. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Red snapper peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Long Point Pond62
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- Spot 62
- Crevalle jack 59
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- Thorofare57
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- Crevalle jack 56
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- Wells Bay56
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Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 56
- King mackerel 53
- Gray snapper 51
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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.