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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker59
- Spot57
- Crevalle jack53
- King mackerel50
- Gray snapper49
- Red drum49
- Florida pompano48
- Summer flounder47
- Spanish mackerel44
- Black drum40
- Gray triggerfish39
- Little tunny39
- Red snapper39
- Black sea bass38
- Gag grouper37
- Greater amberjack37
- Red grouper37
- Cobia36
- Sheepshead36
- Weakfish36
- Bluefish33
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 376 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.3 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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 today
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
Hatteras Bight
- Depth
- 35-40 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · 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 Hatteras Bight
Hatteras Bight is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 35-40 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
- Brooks Creek60
Bay · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 53
21 kt NEL 11:41 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:33 AM · 2.9 ft
- Atlantic Ocean58
Sea · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Spot 57
- King mackerel 55
21 kt NEL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:34 AM · 2.9 ft
- Kings Point54
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Spot 54
- Florida pompano 51
21 kt NEL 11:41 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:33 AM · 2.9 ft
- Cape Point51
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 51
- King mackerel 49
- Crevalle jack 47
21 kt NEL 11:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 5:34 AM · 2.9 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.