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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot67
- Atlantic croaker66
- Little tunny65
- Florida pompano64
- Spotted seatrout59
- Bluefish58
- Red drum58
- Weakfish58
- Black sea bass57
- Gag grouper54
- Striped bass54
- Southern flounder52
- Black drum50
- Summer flounder49
- Red snapper47
- Sheepshead47
- King mackerel43
- Greater amberjack38
- Crevalle jack37
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Atlantic tarpon33
- Gray snapper33
- Spanish mackerel33
- Cobia27
Best score today · 4 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 338 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Spencer Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Spencer Point
Spencer Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, spotted seatrout and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from October 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Harper Creek72
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Little tunny 65
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Wise Point68
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Little tunny 66
6 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sanders Point67
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Garden Point67
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
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.