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Spotted seatroutPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Gray snapper66
- Red drum66
- Black drum65
- Summer flounder65
- Crevalle jack63
- King mackerel63
- Southern flounder62
- Spotted seatrout61
- Red snapper59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Florida pompano58
- Black sea bass56
- Gray triggerfish56
- Gag grouper55
- Little tunny55
- Red grouper55
- Weakfish55
- Sheepshead54
- Cobia50
- Greater amberjack50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 612 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-5 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 7 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Garbacon Shoal
- Depth
- 7-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Garbacon Shoal
Garbacon Shoal is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 7-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Spanish mackerel 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
- Sandy Point75
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Atlantic tarpon 75
- Atlantic croaker 71
8 kt NNEL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:35 PM · 0.4 ft
- Winthrop Point71
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:35 PM · 0.4 ft
- Whittaker Point71
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:35 PM · 0.4 ft
- Chadwick Point71
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 2:35 PM · 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.