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Red grouperShoulder season

Channel · Georgia

Hammonds Pass

31.84°N · 81.08°W · Channel · 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 grouper

84/100Great

Now: 416 AM EDT
Best window: 6 AM-12 PMEbb tide
Tide now: High7.2 ft

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

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Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 86

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Conditions · 6 AM · now

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Time6ANOW

Score41Fair

Tide7.2 ftHigh

CurrentFlood0.2 kn · toward WSW

Wind8 kn NNEgusts 15 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.1 ft · 4 s

Air temp74°Warm

WeatherOvercast41% chance of rain

Water84°FObserved

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THU · SEP 24

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Red grouper 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 grouper is best here

Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder

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Spot profile

Hammonds Pass

Depth: 1-15 ftSlope
Structure: Pass · Outer · ExposedPass · slope
Season: Shoulder seasonRed grouper

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 Hammonds Pass

Hammonds Pass is a channel in Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads pass, 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, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and weakfish. 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 grouper: Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
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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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 66
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Hell Gate
Channel · 1.7 mi
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 63
8 kt NNEL 12:26 PM · 1.3 ftH 6:40 PM · 7.9 ft
Ossabaw Sound
Bay · 2.5 mi
72
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 62
8 kt NNEL 12:29 PM · 1.2 ftH 6:40 PM · 7.7 ft
Bradley Point
Cape · 2.0 mi
71
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 62
8 kt NNEL 12:29 PM · 1.2 ftH 6:40 PM · 7.7 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.