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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Little tunny71
- Spot66
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spotted seatrout65
- Black sea bass64
- Bluefish64
- Florida pompano63
- Red drum63
- Weakfish62
- Gag grouper60
- Southern flounder59
- Striped bass59
- Black drum57
- Red snapper54
- Sheepshead54
- Summer flounder54
- King mackerel48
- Greater amberjack44
- Crevalle jack43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia31
Best score today · 4 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 359 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 3 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Out of season for Gray snapper · shoulder season starts in 26 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Garden Point
- Depth
- 1-6 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Garden Point
Garden Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for little tunny, spotted seatrout, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Little tunny peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- 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
- Alligator Point73
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 73
- Red drum 72
- Little tunny 71
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Harper Creek71
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Little tunny 71
- Spot 71
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Plum Creek71
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Red drum 70
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Win Creek71
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Red drum 70
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 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.