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Summer flounderShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot67
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Red drum65
- Little tunny64
- Florida pompano63
- Southern flounder63
- Weakfish57
- Black sea bass56
- Bluefish56
- Black drum55
- Summer flounder54
- Gag grouper53
- Striped bass51
- Sheepshead48
- Red snapper46
- King mackerel42
- Greater amberjack37
- Crevalle jack36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper33
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia27
Best score today · 6 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 549 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
63Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Summer flounder 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 Summer flounder is best here
Shoulder season for Summer flounder · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Fulford Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSummer flounder
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 Fulford Point
Fulford Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 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 spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, little tunny and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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
- Grassy Point67
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- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Harris Point67
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Mill Point67
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spotted seatrout 66
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Poster67
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spotted seatrout 66
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 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.