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Atlantic croakerShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all57
- Atlantic croaker57
- Weakfish57
- Spot56
- Red drum55
- Black sea bass51
- Florida pompano51
- Summer flounder47
- Black drum45
- Striped bass45
- Bluefish43
- Little tunny42
- Gag grouper41
- Red snapper38
- Sheepshead38
- King mackerel34
- Atlantic tarpon31
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Crevalle jack29
- Gray snapper29
- Greater amberjack29
- Red grouper28
- Gray triggerfish27
- Spanish mackerel21
- Cobia14
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 571 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Monday, Nov 9 · 12 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 9 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Red drum
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Atlantic croaker 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 Atlantic croaker is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic croaker · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Old Slough
- Depth
- 1-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonAtlantic croaker
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 Old Slough
Old Slough is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, weakfish and spot. It is peak season now for weakfish, red drum, black sea bass and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Northern Pond56
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- Gap Point51
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- Little tunny 50
- Spot 50
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- Horsepen Point51
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 51
- Little tunny 50
- Spot 50
18 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 1.0 ftL 8:12 AM · 0.5 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.