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Summer flounderPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot64
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Crevalle jack60
- Gray snapper60
- Red drum60
- King mackerel57
- Summer flounder56
- Spotted seatrout55
- Black drum53
- Southern flounder53
- Red snapper52
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Sheepshead48
- Weakfish48
- Florida pompano46
- Little tunny46
- Cobia44
- Greater amberjack44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Summer flounder
- Now
- 562 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
92Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
20Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 19 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
29Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.5 ftSeason & habitat · Summer flounder
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Summer flounder 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 Summer flounder is best here
Peak season for Summer flounder · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
West Bay
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonSummer flounder
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 West Bay
West Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Summer flounder
- Summer flounder lie half-buried on sand and shell bottom and ambush bait along channel edges, inlet bars and ocean reefs, from a few feet deep in back bays to about 100 feet offshore. Drift with the tide and bounce a bucktail tipped with a squid or fish strip along the bottom. The bigger fish move to ocean reefs and wrecks in late summer, so follow them out.
- 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.
- 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
- Meredith Bend64
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 60
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Newstump Bay64
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Red drum 64
- Spot 64
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Point of Grass64
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 64
- Atlantic tarpon 61
- Atlantic croaker 59
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Newstump Point59
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Spot 59
- Gray snapper 56
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 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.