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Gag grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot60
- Gray snapper57
- Red drum57
- Crevalle jack56
- King mackerel53
- Summer flounder53
- Black drum51
- Black sea bass51
- Red snapper49
- Weakfish46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Sheepshead45
- Gag grouper44
- Red grouper44
- Greater amberjack40
- Spanish mackerel39
- Bluefish35
- Florida pompano35
- Little tunny35
- Cobia34
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 9 AM · Gag grouper
- Now
- 4410 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
92Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
32Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Gag grouper
Species seasonality
47Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gag grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Gag grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Evergreen Slough
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Evergreen Slough
Evergreen Slough is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 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 gray snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, red snapper and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September.
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.
- 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.
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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.