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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout77
- Weakfish76
- Red drum75
- Little tunny73
- Southern flounder71
- Spot71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Black sea bass70
- Bluefish68
- Summer flounder67
- Black drum66
- Gag grouper66
- Sheepshead66
- Striped bass64
- Red snapper58
- Crevalle jack55
- King mackerel55
- Florida pompano54
- Greater amberjack51
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 3 PM · Red snapper
- Now
- 586 PM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.4 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
Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
69Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
94Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: 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 today
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
Bellows Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Bellows Bay
Bellows Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, summer flounder and black drum. 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
- Buck Island Bay80
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 80
- Spotted seatrout 80
- Weakfish 75
4 kt NEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 ft
- Little Bellows Bay77
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 77
- Red drum 75
- Weakfish 75
4 kt NEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 ft
- Sandy Cove77
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 77
- Red drum 75
- Weakfish 75
4 kt NEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 ft
- Halfway Point77
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 77
- Spotted seatrout 72
- Red drum 71
4 kt NEL 8:12 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:27 AM · 3.5 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.