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Greater amberjackShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Atlantic croaker70
- Red drum68
- Spot68
- Black sea bass67
- Florida pompano67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Summer flounder65
- Bluefish62
- Little tunny62
- Black drum59
- Southern flounder59
- Gag grouper58
- Striped bass58
- Sheepshead56
- King mackerel53
- Red snapper51
- Crevalle jack49
- Greater amberjack46
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 461 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.2 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
Friday, Nov 6 · 10 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 11 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Greater amberjack 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 Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Blair Channel
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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 Blair Channel
Blair Channel is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, red drum, black sea bass and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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.
- 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
- Oyster Rocks74
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 74
- Black sea bass 70
- Little tunny 68
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Horse Island Channel73
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 73
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 69
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Wallace Channel72
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 68
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Haulover Point70
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Florida pompano 67
- Weakfish 64
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 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.