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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot69
- Florida pompano64
- Red drum62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Southern flounder59
- Weakfish58
- Black sea bass56
- Black drum54
- Bluefish54
- Little tunny54
- Gag grouper53
- Summer flounder52
- Sheepshead48
- Red snapper45
- Crevalle jack41
- Greater amberjack39
- Striped bass39
- King mackerel38
- Cobia35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Atlantic tarpon34
- Gray snapper32
- Spanish mackerel27
Best score today · 8 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 4510 AM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
38Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Cedar Bay
- Depth
- About 1 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 Cedar Bay
Cedar Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, red drum, spotted seatrout and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and 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.
- 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Little Creek69
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 65
9 kt SL 2:43 PM · 0.3 ftH 6:56 PM · 0.3 ft
- Tump Gut69
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 64
9 kt SL 2:43 PM · 0.3 ftH 6:56 PM · 0.3 ft
- Cedar Bay Point65
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
9 kt SL 2:43 PM · 0.3 ftH 6:56 PM · 0.3 ft
- Mulberry Point65
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
9 kt SL 2:43 PM · 0.3 ftH 6:56 PM · 0.3 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.