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King mackerelShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout72
- Weakfish70
- Black sea bass69
- Spot69
- Atlantic croaker67
- Little tunny67
- Red drum66
- Black drum64
- Florida pompano64
- Southern flounder64
- Sheepshead63
- Summer flounder62
- Bluefish61
- Gag grouper59
- Striped bass57
- King mackerel55
- Red snapper52
- Crevalle jack48
- Greater amberjack43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 553 PM EST
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 65°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
74Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for King mackerel 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 King mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for King mackerel · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Mouse Harbor
- Depth
- 5-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonKing mackerel
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 Mouse Harbor
Mouse Harbor is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, black sea bass and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.