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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout64
- Weakfish63
- Little tunny62
- Red drum61
- Southern flounder61
- Bluefish59
- Black sea bass57
- Spot55
- Striped bass55
- Atlantic croaker54
- Black drum54
- Gag grouper52
- Summer flounder50
- Florida pompano49
- Red snapper48
- Sheepshead48
- King mackerel41
- Greater amberjack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack34
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia28
Best score today · 7 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 482 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 7 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.6 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
43Season: 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
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- This week
Spot profile
Boranges Point
- Depth
- 1-8 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Boranges Point
Boranges Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 spot, striped bass, Atlantic croaker and black drum. 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
- Deer Creek72
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 72
- Red drum 70
- Southern flounder 70
3 kt NEH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ftL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ft
- Broad Creek70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Red drum 68
3 kt NEH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ftL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ft
- Deep Bay69
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 69
- Weakfish 68
- Red drum 65
3 kt NEH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ftL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ft
- Northeast Prong69
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 69
- Weakfish 68
- Red drum 66
5 kt NNEH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ftL 11:20 AM · 0.2 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.