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Greater amberjackShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish66
- Black sea bass65
- Little tunny65
- Spot64
- Atlantic croaker63
- Bluefish62
- Florida pompano61
- Gag grouper61
- Red drum61
- Spotted seatrout60
- Black drum59
- Sheepshead59
- Summer flounder59
- Southern flounder56
- Red snapper54
- Striped bass50
- Crevalle jack49
- King mackerel48
- Greater amberjack45
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 452 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 5 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Greater amberjack 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 Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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, black sea bass and little tunny. It is peak season now for weakfish, black sea bass, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Weakfish peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
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- Sandy Point74
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- Black sea bass 67
- Bluefish 65
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- Sandy Bay73
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- Weakfish 72
- Black sea bass 68
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- Parched Corn Bay69
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 69
- Little tunny 69
- Weakfish 69
11 kt NEH 4:22 PM · 0.7 ftL 10:46 PM · 0.4 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.