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Spotted seatroutPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon71
- Red drum70
- King mackerel67
- Crevalle jack66
- Southern flounder66
- Gray snapper63
- Spotted seatrout63
- Summer flounder63
- Black drum61
- Weakfish57
- Red snapper56
- Florida pompano55
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Cobia52
- Gag grouper52
- Little tunny52
- Red grouper52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Sheepshead50
- Greater amberjack48
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 633 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 8 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
98Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Peak season for Spotted seatrout · 9 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bogue Sound
- Depth
- 4-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpotted seatrout
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 Bogue Sound
Bogue Sound is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 4-6 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, weakfish, red snapper and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Sanders Creek77
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 77
- Atlantic tarpon 74
8 kt NNEH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ftL 11:48 AM · 0.5 ft
- Sanders Point72
Cape · 4.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ftL 11:48 AM · 0.5 ft
- Humphrey Point72
Cape · 4.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ftL 11:48 AM · 0.5 ft
- Rock Point67
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
8 kt NNEH 7:10 AM · 1.8 ftL 1:45 PM · 0.5 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.