NWS zone AMZ135 · South Atlantic
Pamlico Sound fishing forecast
North Carolina · Atlantic coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 331
- Species scored
- 25
- Tide stations
- 1
Overview
Pamlico Sound is NWS marine zone AMZ135 on the North Carolina Atlantic coast, in the South Atlantic species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 331 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System and has 1 NOAA tide station nearby.
25 species are scored here in this forecast; Red drum, Spotted seatrout, Little tunny, Weakfish and Florida pompano are at peak season now.
At 3:00 PM it scores 82 (great), led by Red drum. The best window for the rest of today is 3-7 PM (moving water), peaking at 82 for Red drum. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM, scoring 85.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 3:03 PM EST.
Best window today
3-7 PM · Moving water
Top species: Red drum
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Wed, Nov 4
85
8 AM
Red drum
Best day
Thu, Nov 5
81
8 AM
Little tunny
Fri, Nov 6
82
6 AM
Little tunny
Sat, Nov 7
81
6 AM
Little tunny
Sun, Nov 8
81
6 PM
Red drum
Mon, Nov 9
81
12 AM
Red drum
Tue, Nov 10
85
1 PM
Spotted seatrout
Wed, Nov 11
85
1 AM
Red drum
Thu, Nov 12
83
2 PM
Weakfish
Fri, Nov 13
85
3 PM
Spotted seatrout
Sat, Nov 14
82
4 PM
Spotted seatrout
Sun, Nov 15
79
5 PM
Spotted seatrout
Mon, Nov 16
74
5 PM
Bluefish
Tue, Nov 17
77
5 PM
Spotted seatrout
Species · 25
Listed for the South Atlantic region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM (85)
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Tue, Nov 10 at 1 PM (85)
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (82)
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (83)
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 6 at 6 AM (78)
Peak season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Thu, Nov 5 at 8 AM (77)
Peak season, about 8 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (80)
Peak season, about 2 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (82)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM (76)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 7 AM (75)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM (74)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM (72)
Peak season, about 8 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (75)
Shoulder season, about 12 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (72)
Shoulder season, about 12 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 4 PM (70)
Shoulder season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Thu, Nov 5 at 8 AM (65)
Shoulder season, changing this week · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 8 AM (61)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Tue, Nov 10 at 1 PM (66)
Shoulder season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Fri, Nov 13 at 3 PM (62)
Off season, about 3 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 16 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 16 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 16 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 331
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Lone Tree CreekBay · 1 to 2 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum87Epic
- Back CreekBay · 1 to 2 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum86Epic
- Mount Pheasant BayBay · 4 to 5 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum86Epic
- Old Hill BayBay · 1 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum86Epic
- Beach SlueGut · 1 to 3 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum85Epic
- Goat Island BayBay · 1 to 3 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum85Epic
- Goose Island PointCape · 1 to 3 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum85Epic
- The TrenchBay · 1 to 2 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum85Epic
- Wreck CreekBay · 1 to 3 ft · ProtectedTop now: Red drum85Epic
- Harbor CreekBay · 1 to 5 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum84Great
- Juniper CreekBay · 1 to 6 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum84Great
- Laurel CreekBay · 1 to 4 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Red drum84Great
319 more spots, A to Z
- Amity Shoal (historical)77
- Atlantic Ocean66
- Austin Reef75
- Back Bay72
- Barry Bay73
- Baymarsh Thorofare76
- Bensons Point81
- Bernice Creek81
- Berrys Bay78
- Big Fishing Point69
- Big Foot Slough Channel78
- Big Oyster Creek74
- Big Porpoise Bay71
- Big Porpoise Point67
- Blair Channel70
- Bluff Shoal79
- Bluff Shoal79
- Brant I Shoal69
- Brett Bay76
- Broad Creek76
- Brooks Creek70
- Brooks Point69
- Buck Creek83
- Bull Creek76
- Buxton Harbor Channel72
- Caffee Bay78
- Camp Point73
- Canadian Hole71
- Canal Point77
- Cape Channel78
- Cape Point66
- Casey Bay70
- Cedar Creek Point67
- Cedar Inlet75
- Cedar Island Bay72
- Cedar Island Point70
- Cedar Point76
- Chaneandepeco Inlet (historical)69
- Chicamacomico Channel (historical)81
- Chickinacommock (historical)79
- Clam Shoal77
- Clark Reef78
- Cockrel Creek71
- Codds Creek79
- Core Banks74
- Core Sound73
- Corn Sage Point71
- Cowpen Creek81
- Cowpen Point77
- Cowpen Point73
- Cowpen Point68
- Crab Cove78
- Cross Shoal Channel77
- Cunning Harbor Bay81
- Daniel Swash66
- Davis Channel75
- Deep Bay78
- Deep Bend79
- Deep Bend Point79
- Deep Cove80
- Deep Hole Point69
- Deep Point69
- Deer Pond76
- Devil Shoals76
- Diamond Shoals73
- Ditch Cove83
- Douglas Bay81
- Douglas Point76
- Dowdy Bay79
- Dowdy Point71
- Drain Point77
- Drum Cove83
- Drum Inlet (historical)73
- Drum Point82
- Drum Point77
- Drum Point76
- Drum Pond Point70
- Dulls Point81
- Duncan Point68
- Durant Point76
- Eagle Nest Bay80
- East Bluff Bay81
- Eastard Bay78
- Egg Shoal81
- Evergreen Slough68
- Fate Cove71
- Fishing Bay73
- Fishing Point76
- Flounder Rock72
- Flower Bay81
- Fortin Bay71
- Fullers Ditch77
- Gap Point74
- Germantown Bay78
- Gibbs Point79
- Gibbs Shoal76
- Goose Bay77
- Goose Bay76
- Goose Bay Point70
- Great Ditch77
- Great Island Bay76
- Great Island Creek74
- Great Island Narrows82
- Great Island Point76
- Great Marsh Creek80
- Great Shoal79
- Green Island Channel76
- Green Point81
- Green Point77
- Green Point76
- Green Point76
- Green Point Cove76
- Greens Point77
- Gull Rocks79
- Gull Shoal79
- Gutter Creek73
- Hall Point75
- Hatteras Bight66
- Hatteras Inlet75
- Hatteras Shoals73
- Hatteras Slough66
- Haulover Point71
- Henry Hills Harbor75
- Hickory Creek Bay81
- High Hills Inlet69
- Hillerys Cove82
- Hog Island Narrows73
- Hog Island Reef73
- Hog Island Shoal79
- Hogpen Bay77
- Hogpen Point76
- Horse Island Channel72
- Horse Island Cove71
- Horse Island Point76
- Horsepen Creek74
- Horsepen Point79
- Horsepen Point74
- House Cove77
- House Cove Point76
- Howard Reef79
- Howland Point83
- Inner Middle69
- Island Creeks71
- Island Creeks Point67
- Island Point76
- Jacks Bay79
- Jacks Bay Point71
- Jarrett Bay83
- Jenkins Cove71
- Johnson Creek76
- Judith Narrows82
- Jump Run83
- Juniper Bay80
- Juniper Swamp Point79
- King Point76
- Kingfish Shoal64
- Kings Channel70
- Kings Point69
- Legged Lump76
- Lewis Creek76
- Lightwood Snag Bay77
- Little Fishing Point69
- Little Oyster Creek84
- Little Porpoise Bay71
- Little Porpoise Point67
- Little Swash Opening77
- Log Shoal76
- Long Bay81
- Long Point77
- Long Point76
- Long Point75
- Long Shoal78
- Lookout Point75
- Lower Middle71
- Mackey Point81
- Meredith Bend74
- Merkle Bay79
- Merkle Hammock70
- Merkle Hammock Creek74
- Middens Creek83
- Middle Bay81
- Middle Bay Point69
- Middle Creek81
- Middle Ground69
- Middle Point77
- Middle Shoal73
- Middle Shoal Creek80
- Middletown Anchorage81
- Midgett Cove76
- Mill Creek77
- Mill Point76
- Mount Vernon Rock72
- Mouse Harbor77
- Mullet Cove77
- Mullet Shoal76
- Mullet Shoal68
- Nameless Bay79
- Nelson Bay76
- New Inlet (historical)83
- Newstump Bay79
- Newstump Point71
- No Ache Bay80
- Noras Cove76
- North Bay76
- North Bluff Point81
- North Cove71
- Northern Pond74
- Ocracoke Inlet76
- Old Channel75
- Old Channel Point73
- Old Drum Inlet76
- Old Rollinson Channel77
- Old Slough76
- Oliver Reef75
- Otter Creek83
- Otter Pond Point78
- Outer Point69
- Owens Bay76
- Oyster Creek82
- Oyster Creek73
- Oyster Creek Pit73
- Oyster Rocks78
- Pains Bay80
- Pains Point79
- Pamlico Sound76
- Parched Corn Bay80
- Pasture Creek76
- Pea Island Bay81
- Pelican Shoal76
- Persimmon Tree Point76
- Peters Cove74
- Phipps Cove80
- Piney Island Bay76
- Piney Point76
- Pingleton Point79
- Point of Beach75
- Point of Grass79
- Point of Grass75
- Point of Grass Creek77
- Point of Island Bay74
- Point of Marsh69
- Point of Narrows81
- Preston Bay81
- Procks Point83
- Quokes Point77
- Rawlinsons Channel81
- Rawls Point79
- Raymond Sand75
- Rose Bay77
- Round Hammock Bay81
- Royal Point Bay70
- Royal Shoal77
- Rumley Bay73
- Sage Bay81
- Sage Point67
- Sand Hill Point76
- Sand Island Inlet68
- Sand Point76
- Sandy Bay78
- Sandy Bay74
- Sandy Landing75
- Sandy Point77
- Sevenfoot Patch78
- Shark Shoal77
- Shell Hill Point76
- Shell Narrows82
- Shell Point79
- Shingle Creek71
- Short Point76
- Short Point76
- Sound Point76
- South Point70
- Southward Bay71
- Southwest Bay81
- Spencer Bay78
- Spit Bay83
- Stone Point76
- Striking Bay77
- Stump Bay79
- Stumpy Point Bay80
- Styron Bay71
- Swan Point76
- Swan Point Shoal73
- Swanquarter Bay78
- Tar Hole Inlet75
- Teaches Hole Channel74
- Terrapin Creek Bay81
- Terrapin Shoal76
- The Haulover68
- The Narrows76
- The Passage77
- The Spit83
- The Swash76
- Thorofare Bay73
- Tolers Bay78
- Tooley Creek80
- Try Yard Creek81
- Tump Point71
- Upper Island Point76
- Upper Middle69
- Vera Cruz Shoal77
- Wade Creek83
- Wainwright Slue66
- Wallace Channel71
- Warren Gilgos Creek76
- Watch Point76
- Waterbush Point76
- West Bay74
- West Bluff Bay81
- West Thorofare Bay76
- Whalebone Inlet69
- White Perch Bay78
- White Point75
- Willis Creek76
- Wimble Shoals80
- Wysocking Bay82
- Yaupon Hammock Gut71
- Yaupon Hammock Point76
- Zack Creek80
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. Synced with NCDMF Nov 3, 2026.
No reviewed rules for the species listed here are on file yet. Check with NCDMF before you keep a fish.