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Gray snapperPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot78
- Red drum76
- Spotted seatrout76
- Crevalle jack75
- Atlantic tarpon74
- Southern flounder73
- Gray snapper72
- Summer flounder70
- King mackerel69
- Black drum66
- Florida pompano64
- Spanish mackerel63
- Cobia62
- Sheepshead62
- Weakfish61
- Red snapper60
- Black sea bass59
- Gag grouper59
- Gray triggerfish59
- Little tunny59
- Red grouper58
- Greater amberjack54
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 725 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMHigh slack
- 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
83Season: PeakHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Peak season for Gray snapper · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Northeast Prong
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonGray 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 Northeast Prong
Northeast Prong is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
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- Deer Creek82
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- Spotted seatrout 81
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- Liehue Gut81
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- Red drum 80
- Spotted seatrout 79
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- Deep Bay78
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- Spot 78
- Red drum 77
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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.