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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Red drum57
- Southern flounder57
- Bluefish54
- Florida pompano53
- Atlantic croaker52
- Little tunny52
- Spot52
- Black sea bass48
- Summer flounder48
- Black drum46
- Striped bass45
- Gag grouper44
- Sheepshead43
- Crevalle jack42
- King mackerel42
- Red snapper41
- Greater amberjack36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
- Gray triggerfish32
- Red grouper32
Best score today · 7 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 412 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMDawn
Data from: ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 AM
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
67Light: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red snapper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Red snapper · 25 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Batchelor Bay
- Depth
- 8-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Batchelor Bay
Batchelor Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 8-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spotted seatrout and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Red drum peak from August through November.
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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Nearby spots
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- Cherry Point56
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- Spotted seatrout 54
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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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.