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Red snapperShoulder season

Cape · Georgia

Long Point

30.94°N · 81.40°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 3 AM · Red snapper

81/100Great

Now: 437 AM EDT
Best window: 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now: High6.8 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 82

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Conditions · 7 AM · now

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Time7ANOW

Score43Fair

Tide6.8 ftHigh

CurrentSlack0.0 kn

Wind7 kn Ngusts 11 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 5 s

Air temp75°Warm

WeatherPartly cloudy46% chance of rain

Water84°FObserved

WED · SEP 23

THU · SEP 24

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Red snapper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.

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Source: GADNR CRD · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Red snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Long Point

Depth: 1-10 ftNearest water
Structure: Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
Season: Shoulder seasonRed snapper

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 Long Point

Long Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM, Georgia. Depth in the nearest water is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and mahi-mahi. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.

Tackle & technique

Red snapper: Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
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.

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The Hole
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- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 65
7 kt NL 12:51 PM · 1.2 ftH 7:00 PM · 6.9 ft
Pelican Spit
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 67
7 kt NL 1:08 PM · 1.4 ftH 7:17 PM · 7.5 ft
Terrapin Point
Cape · 3.0 mi
73
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 65
7 kt NL 1:08 PM · 1.4 ftH 7:17 PM · 7.5 ft
The Hole
Bay · 3.1 mi
73
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 64
7 kt NL 12:51 PM · 1.2 ftH 7:00 PM · 6.9 ft

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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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.