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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot70
- Crevalle jack69
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Gray snapper65
- Red drum65
- Summer flounder65
- King mackerel64
- Black sea bass61
- Black drum59
- Southern flounder59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Florida pompano56
- Red snapper56
- Sheepshead56
- Gag grouper55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red grouper54
- Weakfish54
- Spanish mackerel51
- Greater amberjack50
- Little tunny47
- Cobia46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 4 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 542 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
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
Baymarsh Thorofare
- Depth
- Up to 2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Baymarsh Thorofare
Baymarsh Thorofare is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black sea bass, black drum, Florida pompano and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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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- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 69
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- Evergreen Slough70
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Crevalle jack 68
- Spot 67
14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ft
- Casey Bay68
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 68
- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 66
14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ft
- Haulover Point64
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Crevalle jack 64
- King mackerel 64
14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 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.