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SpotPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel73
- Gray snapper72
- Red drum70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot69
- Summer flounder68
- Spotted seatrout66
- Crevalle jack65
- Gray triggerfish65
- Red snapper65
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Gag grouper64
- Red grouper64
- Black drum63
- Black sea bass63
- Southern flounder62
- Cobia60
- Sheepshead60
- Spanish mackerel60
- Greater amberjack59
- Little tunny55
- Florida pompano51
- Weakfish50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Spot
- Now
- 694 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 7 kt WPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spot 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 Spot is best here
Peak season for Spot · 6 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Flounder Rock
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpot
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 Flounder Rock
Flounder Rock is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, gray snapper and red drum. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for gray triggerfish, red snapper, gag grouper and red grouper. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Spotted seatrout 74
- King mackerel 73
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- Baymarsh Thorofare78
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Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 78
- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
3 kt NNEL 7:20 PM · 0.8 ftH 12:55 AM · 1.5 ft
- Oyster Rocks74
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 74
- Gray snapper 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
3 kt NNEL 7:20 PM · 0.8 ftH 12:55 AM · 1.5 ft
- Haulover Point69
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Red drum 69
- Spot 69
3 kt NNEL 7:20 PM · 0.8 ftH 12:55 AM · 1.5 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.