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Gray snapperPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Gray snapper69
- King mackerel68
- Crevalle jack67
- Red drum65
- Southern flounder62
- Summer flounder62
- Black drum59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Red snapper58
- Gray triggerfish56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Black sea bass55
- Sheepshead55
- Gag grouper54
- Red grouper54
- Weakfish54
- Little tunny52
- Cobia50
- Florida pompano50
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 6910 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.6 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 2 kt SEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Peak season for Gray snapper · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stump Sound
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Stump Sound
Stump Sound is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, gray triggerfish and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- 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
- Stump Inlet (historical)76
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- Atlantic tarpon 74
- Spot 72
8 kt NL 11:40 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ft
- Spicer Bay73
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
8 kt NL 11:40 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ft
- Everett Bay73
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
8 kt NL 11:40 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ft
- Rogers Bay73
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 71
8 kt NL 11:40 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:36 AM · 4.0 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.