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Best score today · 6 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 5811 AM CDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 86°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.6 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
74Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray snapper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.
Source: ADCNR Marine Resources · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Peak season for Gray snapper · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
West Bank
- Depth
- 6-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Outer · ExposedBank · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonGray snapper
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 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 Bank
West Bank is a bar in Mississippi Sound, Alabama. Depth is 6-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bank, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, gag grouper and gray triggerfish. It is peak season now for gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for gag grouper, gray triggerfish, greater amberjack and red grouper. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Gag grouper peak from October through December. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Main Channel64
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 64
- Atlantic croaker 58
- Red drum 56
14 kt ENEL 2:24 PM · 0.4 ftH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ft
- Sand Island Channel64
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 64
- Atlantic croaker 58
- Red drum 56
14 kt ENEL 2:24 PM · 0.4 ftH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ft
- West Bank59
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 59
- Greater amberjack 54
- Red grouper 54
14 kt ENEL 2:24 PM · 0.4 ftH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ft
- Dauphin Island Spit58
Bar · 1.6 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 58
- Spanish mackerel 52
- Red drum 51
14 kt ENEL 2:59 PM · 0.3 ftH 3:09 AM · 1.7 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 ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.