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Best score today · 11 PM · Spotted seatrout
- Now
- 411 AM CST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMFlood current
- 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
Friday, Nov 6 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
65Wind: 5 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Spotted seatrout
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Whiskey Pass
- Depth
- About 10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Pass · Inner · Semi-exposedPass · 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 Whiskey Pass
Whiskey Pass is a channel in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana. Depth is about 10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads pass, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 14 species here; the best right now are greater amberjack, red snapper and sheepshead. It is peak season now for red drum, southern flounder and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for greater amberjack, red snapper, sheepshead and gray triggerfish. Greater amberjack peak from April through June. 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.
- 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.
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bay Round65
Bay · 3.4 mi
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
- Trinity Bayou63
Gut · 3.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Black drum 45
- Greater amberjack 41
18 kt ESEH 4:36 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:18 PM · 0.6 ft
- Caillou Boca61
Channel · 2.3 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
- Coupe Nouvelle40
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Greater amberjackShoulder season- Greater amberjack 40
- Red snapper 40
- Gray triggerfish 37
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.