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Red snapperShoulder season

Bay · Georgia

Altamaha Sound

31.32°N · 81.30°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary

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Best score today · 3 AM · Red snapper

81/100Great
Now
518 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing7.0 ft ▼

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sun · 84

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score51Good
Tide7.0 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.2 kn · toward ESE
Wind6 kn NEgusts 10 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.6 ft · 5 s
Air temp77°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy48% cloud
Water85°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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 today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Red snapper is best here

Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder

Red snapper season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Altamaha Sound

Depth
3-20 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · slope
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 Altamaha Sound

Altamaha Sound is a bay in Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia. Depth is 3-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 28 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 Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, 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

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.

Nearby spots

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  • Pine Creek

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    75
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 75
    • Atlantic tarpon 72
    • Crevalle jack 70

    6 kt NEL 12:58 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:05 AM · 7.0 ft

  • Buttermilk Sound

    Bay · 5.2 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 68

    6 kt NEL 2:17 AM · 1.3 ftH 7:47 AM · 7.3 ft

  • Wolf Island Spit

    Bar · 3.4 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 69

    6 kt NEL 1:08 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:04 AM · 7.2 ft

  • Doboy Sound

    Bay · 5.4 mi

    68
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Atlantic tarpon 68
    • Crevalle jack 67

    4 kt NEL 1:08 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:04 AM · 7.2 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.