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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Little tunny65
- Weakfish61
- Black sea bass60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Red drum58
- Bluefish57
- Atlantic croaker56
- Florida pompano56
- Gag grouper56
- Southern flounder56
- Spot56
- Black drum54
- Summer flounder53
- Sheepshead51
- Red snapper50
- Striped bass50
- King mackerel46
- Greater amberjack41
- Crevalle jack39
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia31
Best score today · 5 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 352 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
23Off 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
Lupton Point
- Depth
- 1-7 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 Lupton Point
Lupton Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, weakfish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, weakfish, black sea bass and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Little tunny peak from October through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and 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.
- 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Pasture Point65
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Weakfish 61
- Black sea bass 60
8 kt NEH 8:47 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ft
- Green Point65
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Black sea bass 61
- Weakfish 61
8 kt NEH 8:47 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ft
- Persimmon Point65
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Weakfish 61
- Black sea bass 60
8 kt NEH 8:47 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ft
- Parmalee Point65
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Weakfish 60
- Black sea bass 59
8 kt NEH 8:47 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:55 AM · 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.