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Greater amberjackShoulder season

Bay · North Carolina

Tull Bay

36.50°N · 76.07°W · Bay · Currituck Sound

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Best score today · 5 PM · Greater amberjack

77/100Great
Now
505 PM EST
Best window
9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.4 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM

Time3P
Score47Good
Tide1.0 ft ▼Ebbing
Wind5 kn Egusts 8 · steady
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy80% cloud
Water63°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Greater amberjack is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Greater amberjack is best here

Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 4 more weeks at shoulder

Greater amberjack season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 4 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Tull Bay

Depth
4-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack

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 Tull Bay

Tull Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 4-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, summer flounder and black drum. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August through November.

Tackle & technique

Greater amberjack
Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
Spotted seatrout
Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • The Launch

    Channel · 1.4 mi

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    • Weakfish 79
    • Black sea bass 76
    • Atlantic croaker 73

    9 kt NEL 7:08 PM · 0.6 ftH 1:06 AM · 3.3 ft

  • Troublesome Point

    Cape · 2.5 mi

    79
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 79
    • Black sea bass 71
    • Bluefish 70

    9 kt NEL 7:08 PM · 0.6 ftH 1:06 AM · 3.3 ft

  • Gibbs Point

    Cape · 3.2 mi

    79
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 79
    • Black sea bass 71
    • Bluefish 70

    9 kt NEL 7:08 PM · 0.6 ftH 1:06 AM · 3.3 ft

  • Sandy Point

    Cape · 4.3 mi

    79
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 79
    • Red drum 74
    • Spotted seatrout 72

    9 kt NEL 7:08 PM · 0.6 ftH 1:06 AM · 3.3 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.