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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout80
- Weakfish79
- Red drum78
- Little tunny76
- Southern flounder75
- Spot75
- Atlantic croaker74
- Black sea bass74
- Bluefish71
- Black drum70
- Gag grouper70
- Summer flounder70
- Sheepshead69
- Striped bass67
- Red snapper62
- Crevalle jack58
- King mackerel58
- Florida pompano57
- Greater amberjack54
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 626 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 14 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & 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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Deep Bay
Deep Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October 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.
- 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
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- Red drum 82
- Southern flounder 79
6 kt NEL 10:17 AM · 0.2 ftH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ft
- Hooker Gut83
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Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 83
- Weakfish 83
- Red drum 80
9 kt NEL 10:17 AM · 0.2 ftH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ft
- Broad Creek81
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 81
- Red drum 80
- Southern flounder 79
6 kt NEL 10:17 AM · 0.2 ftH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ft
- Northeast Prong80
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 80
- Weakfish 79
- Red drum 78
9 kt NEL 10:17 AM · 0.2 ftH 4:58 PM · 0.5 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.