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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout64
- Weakfish64
- Little tunny63
- Red drum62
- Southern flounder62
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot61
- Black sea bass60
- Bluefish58
- Florida pompano57
- Black drum56
- Gag grouper56
- Summer flounder56
- Sheepshead55
- Striped bass50
- Red snapper49
- King mackerel44
- Crevalle jack43
- Greater amberjack41
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
Best score today · 7 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 4910 AM EST
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMNight bite
Data from: ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
82Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.2 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 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 Bull Bay
Bull Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 9-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and little tunny. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bull Point68
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 68
- Little tunny 66
- Red drum 66
4 kt NNE
- Reed Point68
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 68
- Little tunny 65
- Red drum 65
4 kt NNE
- Drummond Point66
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 60
- Spotted seatrout 60
4 kt NNE
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.