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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Gray snapper69
- King mackerel69
- Atlantic croaker68
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Spot67
- Red drum63
- Red snapper63
- Southern flounder63
- Summer flounder63
- Black drum62
- Crevalle jack60
- Florida pompano60
- Gray triggerfish60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Black sea bass59
- Gag grouper59
- Red grouper59
- Spanish mackerel56
- Greater amberjack54
- Sheepshead54
- Cobia53
- Weakfish52
- Little tunny50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 594 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
69Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Gull Rocks
- Depth
- 3-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Gull Rocks
Gull Rocks is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, king mackerel and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for gray snapper, king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for red snapper, black drum, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Gray snapper peak from June through September. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Hillerys Cove73
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- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 72
6 kt ENEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Gull Shoal69
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Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
8 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Hog Island Shoal69
Bar · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
8 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Bensons Point67
Cape · 2.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
6 kt ENEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 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.