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Red grouperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spotted seatrout65
- Weakfish64
- Red drum62
- Florida pompano61
- Southern flounder60
- Little tunny56
- Black drum55
- Bluefish55
- Black sea bass54
- Striped bass51
- Summer flounder51
- Gag grouper50
- Sheepshead50
- Red snapper45
- King mackerel37
- Crevalle jack36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Greater amberjack34
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia29
Best score today · 7 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 354 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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 16 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 11 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
17Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red grouper 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 Red grouper is best here
Out of season for Red grouper · shoulder season starts in 26 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonRed grouper
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, Atlantic croaker and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Parched Corn Bay75
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 75
- Weakfish 74
- Red drum 71
6 kt NEH 5:16 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ft
- Sandy Bay70
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Weakfish 63
6 kt NEL 10:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:17 PM · 0.5 ft
- Drain Point65
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Little tunny 58
5 kt NEL 10:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:17 PM · 0.5 ft
- Sandy Point65
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Little tunny 59
5 kt NEL 10:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:17 PM · 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.