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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot77
- Southern flounder62
- Red drum61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Crevalle jack57
- Florida pompano57
- Gray snapper55
- Spotted seatrout55
- Summer flounder54
- King mackerel52
- Weakfish49
- Black drum48
- Cobia46
- Red snapper46
- Black sea bass43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead41
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Red grouper
- Now
- 4210 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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
Cabin Creek
- Depth
- 1-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and southern flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, southern flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, weakfish, black drum and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Southern flounder peak from September through November.
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 Point72
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Wise Point72
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Bell Point72
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Spencer Point68
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 54
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 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.