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SpotPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel71
- Gray snapper66
- Red drum64
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Crevalle jack62
- Florida pompano62
- Gray triggerfish62
- Red snapper62
- Summer flounder62
- Atlantic croaker61
- Black sea bass61
- Gag grouper61
- Spot61
- Red grouper60
- Southern flounder57
- Greater amberjack56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum54
- Sheepshead53
- Little tunny51
- Cobia50
- Weakfish45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Spot
- Now
- 612 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2-5 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
58Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Spot
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 · 5 more weeks at peak
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Mount Vernon Rock
- Depth
- 2-4 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 Mount Vernon Rock
Mount Vernon Rock is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-4 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 tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, red snapper and black sea bass. 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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- Flounder Rock72
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- Gray snapper 66
- Crevalle jack 62
14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ft
- Baymarsh Thorofare72
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 69
14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ft
- Casey Bay68
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 68
- Atlantic croaker 67
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14 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 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.