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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot71
- Red drum70
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Spotted seatrout66
- Crevalle jack65
- Southern flounder65
- Black drum60
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel59
- Summer flounder59
- Red snapper55
- Weakfish55
- Black sea bass52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Cobia51
- Gag grouper51
- Red grouper50
- Sheepshead48
- Spanish mackerel47
- Greater amberjack46
- Little tunny44
- Florida pompano40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 5012 AM EDT
- Best window
- 12-2 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.0 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, Sep 27 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 6 kt WSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
43Season: 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 yesterday
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
Fulcher Creek
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- 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 Fulcher Creek
Fulcher Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, weakfish and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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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- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Spotted seatrout 71
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- South Leopard Creek75
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Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Southern flounder 71
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- Steep Point Channel67
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 67
- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 63
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- Wading Creek67
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Red drum 66
8 kt NL 12:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:36 AM · 3.0 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.