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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot60
- Southern flounder59
- Red drum58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Crevalle jack57
- Summer flounder54
- King mackerel52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Black drum50
- Gray snapper49
- Cobia46
- Florida pompano44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Black sea bass43
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper43
- Red snapper43
- Sheepshead42
- Spanish mackerel41
- Weakfish41
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny37
- Bluefish33
Best score today · 9 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 431 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.2 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 · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
33Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.4 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Deep Gut
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Deep Gut
Deep Gut is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 black drum, cobia, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. 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
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- Spot 60
- Southern flounder 59
7 kt ENEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 ft
- Big Gut61
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- Southern flounder 59
7 kt ENEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 ft
- Tump Gut61
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Southern flounder 60
- Spot 60
7 kt ENEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 ft
- Hog Point59
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 59
- Red drum 58
- Atlantic tarpon 57
7 kt ENEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 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.