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Best score today · 7 PM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 449 AM CST
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.0 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 6 kt SEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
100Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
42Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Greater amberjack is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with LDWF before you keep a fish.
Source: LDWF · Not synced yet, last verified Sep 13, 2026
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Point Hope
- Depth
- About 15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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 Point Hope
Point Hope is a cape in Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana. Depth is about 15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are gray triggerfish, red snapper and sheepshead. It is peak season now for red drum, southern flounder and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for gray triggerfish, red snapper, sheepshead and greater amberjack. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August. Red snapper peak from May through August. Sheepshead peak from February through April.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Red snapper 48
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- Point Neptune48
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Top: Gray triggerfishShoulder season- Gray triggerfish 48
- Red snapper 48
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16 kt EL 3:01 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:30 AM · 1.4 ft
- Smack Channel45
Channel · 4.4 mi
Top: SheepsheadShoulder season- Sheepshead 45
- Gray triggerfish 43
- Red snapper 43
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- Redfish Point43
Cape · 5.0 mi
Top: Gray triggerfishShoulder season- Gray triggerfish 43
- Red snapper 43
- Sheepshead 40
20 kt EL 3:01 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:30 AM · 1.4 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 LDWF before you keep a fish.