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Best score today · 7 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 4811 AM CST
- Best window
- 5-11 PMFlood 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 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 5 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
47Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Gray snapper · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Sheephead Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Sheephead Point
Sheephead Point is a cape in Perdido Bay Area, Alabama. Depth in the nearest water is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gag grouper, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. It is peak season now for gag grouper, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and red drum, and shoulder season for king mackerel, gray triggerfish, red grouper and red snapper. Gag grouper peak from October through December. King mackerel peak in May and in October. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sand Bayou68
Gut · 3.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 68
- Gag grouper 66
- Sheepshead 60
10 kt EL 3:13 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:00 AM · 1.5 ft
- Flash Point67
Cape · 5.5 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 67
- Spanish mackerel 61
- King mackerel 60
10 kt EL 3:13 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:00 AM · 1.5 ft
- Willet Point64
Cape · 3.2 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 64
- Spanish mackerel 58
- King mackerel 57
10 kt EL 3:13 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:00 AM · 1.5 ft
- Ewing Bayou63
Gut · 2.6 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 63
- King mackerel 57
- Spanish mackerel 57
10 kt EL 3:13 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:00 AM · 1.5 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 ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.