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Gag grouperPeak season

Bay · North Carolina

Lookout Bight

34.62°N · 76.53°W · Bay · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 6 PM · Gag grouper

75/100Great
Now
675 PM EST
Best window
5-7 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing2.1 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 13 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score71Great
Tide3.4 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.8 kn · toward ESE
Wind10 kn ENEgusts 14 · steady
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherClear2% cloud
Water67°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Gag grouper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.

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When Gag grouper is best here

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Spot profile

Lookout Bight

Depth
5-15 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
Season
Peak seasonGag 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 Lookout Bight

Lookout Bight is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, weakfish, red drum and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and striped bass. Little tunny peak from October through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August through November.

Tackle & technique

Gag grouper
Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Weakfish
Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Wreck Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    78
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 78
    • Black sea bass 71
    • Bluefish 70

    9 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Catfish Point

    Bar · 0.4 mi

    78
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 78
    • Bluefish 72
    • Black sea bass 71

    9 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Barden Inlet

    Channel · 1.5 mi

    78
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 78
    • Black sea bass 76
    • Weakfish 75

    10 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft

  • Blinds Hammock Bay

    Bay · 2.0 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Red drum 72
    • Weakfish 72

    10 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 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.