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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel61
- Gray snapper56
- Red drum55
- Red snapper55
- Florida pompano53
- Atlantic croaker52
- Black sea bass52
- Gag grouper52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Spot52
- Red grouper51
- Summer flounder51
- Crevalle jack49
- Black drum47
- Greater amberjack46
- Sheepshead43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Little tunny39
- Cobia38
- Weakfish38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 8 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 551 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt ESEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 71°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.4 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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 · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Grays Rock
- Depth
- 5-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Grays Rock
Grays Rock is a bar in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, gray snapper and red drum. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for red snapper, Florida pompano, black sea bass and gag grouper. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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.
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- Wells Bay53
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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.