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Spotted seatroutPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker49
- Spot46
- Red drum44
- Crevalle jack43
- Gray snapper43
- Black drum39
- King mackerel39
- Summer flounder39
- Black sea bass37
- Red snapper35
- Florida pompano32
- Weakfish32
- Gray triggerfish31
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Gag grouper30
- Red grouper30
- Sheepshead30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Spanish mackerel29
- Greater amberjack26
- Bluefish24
- Little tunny24
- Cobia19
Best score today · 1 AM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 304 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-7 AMMoving water
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
43Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
2Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.4 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spotted seatrout 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 Spotted seatrout is best here
Peak season for Spotted seatrout · 9 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Gutter Creek
- Depth
- 1-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSpotted seatrout
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 Gutter Creek
Gutter Creek is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, red snapper and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Yaupon Hammock Gut51
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- Spot 51
- Crevalle jack 48
20 kt NEH 8:21 AM · 1.3 ftL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ft
- Cedar Inlet49
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 49
- Crevalle jack 46
- Red drum 46
20 kt NEL 4:30 AM · 0.2 ftH 9:40 AM · 0.6 ft
- Old Channel49
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 49
- Red drum 46
- Spot 46
20 kt NEL 4:30 AM · 0.2 ftH 9:40 AM · 0.6 ft
- Old Channel Point40
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 40
- Spot 40
- King mackerel 39
20 kt NEL 4:30 AM · 0.2 ftH 9:40 AM · 0.6 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.