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Best score today · 11 PM · Red drum
- Now
- 401 AM CST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 8 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Red drum
Species seasonality
88Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In 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 · 3 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Coupe Nouvelle
- Depth
- 2-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Coupe Nouvelle
Coupe Nouvelle is a bay in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are greater amberjack, red snapper and gray triggerfish. It is peak season now for red drum, southern flounder and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for greater amberjack, red snapper, gray triggerfish and sheepshead. Greater amberjack peak from April through June. Red snapper peak from May through August. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bay Round65
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Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 65
- Greater amberjack 43
- Black drum 42
18 kt ESEH 4:36 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:18 PM · 0.6 ft
- Caillou Boca61
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 61
- Black drum 45
- Greater amberjack 43
18 kt ESEH 4:36 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:18 PM · 0.6 ft
- Bay Wilson60
Bay · 3.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 60
- Greater amberjack 43
- Black drum 42
18 kt ESEH 4:36 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:18 PM · 0.6 ft
- Whiskey Pass41
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Greater amberjackShoulder season- Greater amberjack 41
- Red snapper 40
- Sheepshead 38
18 kt ESEH 4:36 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:18 PM · 0.6 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.