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King mackerelShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot74
- Spotted seatrout74
- Atlantic croaker73
- Little tunny70
- Red drum70
- Southern flounder69
- Weakfish69
- Florida pompano68
- Black sea bass64
- Bluefish64
- Black drum63
- Summer flounder61
- Gag grouper60
- Sheepshead59
- Striped bass59
- Red snapper52
- Crevalle jack48
- King mackerel48
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · King mackerel
- Now
- 485 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 8 kt WSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 67°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · King mackerel
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 today
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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 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 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 spot, spotted seatrout and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, little tunny, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spotted seatrout 72
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- Parched Corn Bay74
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Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Spotted seatrout 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
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- Drain Point72
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
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- Sandy Point72
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
5 kt NEL 10:48 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:05 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.