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Red grouperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot63
- Atlantic croaker62
- Red drum61
- Florida pompano58
- Little tunny58
- Spotted seatrout58
- Bluefish56
- Southern flounder55
- Weakfish54
- Black sea bass53
- Black drum51
- Striped bass51
- Gag grouper49
- Summer flounder49
- Red snapper46
- Sheepshead44
- King mackerel36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Greater amberjack34
- Gray snapper32
- Crevalle jack29
- Spanish mackerel25
- Cobia20
Best score today · 6 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 352 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.2 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 10 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
17Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red grouper is best here
Out of season for Red grouper · shoulder season starts in 26 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Ennett Point
- Depth
- 2-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Ennett Point
Ennett Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, Florida pompano, little tunny and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Burden Channel71
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Weakfish 63
6 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:42 PM · 2.5 ft
- Burthen Channel71
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Weakfish 63
6 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:42 PM · 2.5 ft
- Taylor Bay68
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Red drum 61
6 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:42 PM · 2.5 ft
- Guthrie Point63
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 63
- Atlantic croaker 62
- Florida pompano 58
6 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:42 PM · 2.5 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.