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Atlantic croakerShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all75
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Weakfish72
- Spotted seatrout71
- Red drum70
- Black sea bass67
- Black drum66
- Southern flounder66
- Florida pompano65
- Little tunny60
- Summer flounder60
- Bluefish59
- Sheepshead59
- Striped bass59
- Gag grouper58
- Red snapper54
- Crevalle jack46
- King mackerel44
- Greater amberjack42
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia29
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 755 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 8 · 11 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic croaker 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 Atlantic croaker is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic croaker · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Great Island Narrows
- Depth
- 6-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonAtlantic croaker
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 Great Island Narrows
Great Island Narrows is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 6-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and weakfish. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, red drum and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Weakfish peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Weakfish 74
- Red drum 73
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- Outer Point72
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Red drum 69
- Weakfish 69
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- Middle Point70
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Red drum 68
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ft
- Drum Point70
Cape · 2.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Red drum 68
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 PM · 0.3 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.