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King mackerelPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot57
- Atlantic tarpon55
- Crevalle jack54
- Gray snapper54
- Red drum54
- King mackerel53
- Summer flounder52
- Florida pompano51
- Black drum46
- Red snapper45
- Spanish mackerel44
- Weakfish44
- Black sea bass43
- Gray triggerfish42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Sheepshead41
- Cobia39
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 5312 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-5 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 9 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King mackerel 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 King mackerel is best here
Peak season for King mackerel · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Blinds Hammock Bay
- Depth
- Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonKing mackerel
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 Blinds Hammock Bay
Blinds Hammock Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
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, black drum, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
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- Barden Inlet60
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- Atlantic tarpon 60
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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.