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Atlantic croakerShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish74
- Spot71
- Spotted seatrout71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Red drum70
- Little tunny69
- Black sea bass68
- Southern flounder68
- Bluefish67
- Black drum66
- Summer flounder64
- Gag grouper63
- Sheepshead63
- Red snapper58
- Striped bass58
- Crevalle jack51
- Florida pompano51
- King mackerel51
- Greater amberjack48
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Atlantic croaker
- Now
- 707 PM EST
- Best window
- 7-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Saturday, Nov 7 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 8 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Atlantic croaker
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Atlantic croaker is best here
Shoulder season for Atlantic croaker · 4 more weeks at shoulder
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Stumpy Point Bay
Stumpy Point Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November.
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
Other spots within an easy run
- Sandy Bay75
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- Parched Corn Bay75
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- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
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- Drain Point74
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Black sea bass 69
- Weakfish 69
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- Sandy Point74
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 74
- Black sea bass 69
- Weakfish 69
8 kt NEL 9:48 PM · 0.3 ftH 3:02 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.