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Red snapperShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Parmalee Point

35.45°N · 76.55°W · Cape · Pamlico and Pungo Rivers

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Best score today · 6 AM · Red snapper

79/100Great
Now
469 AM EST
Best window
4-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Nov 5 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score63Good
Tide0.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward N
Wind7 kn SSEgusts 13 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.3 ft · 4 s
Air temp71°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water66°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Red snapper season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Red snapper · 25 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Parmalee Point

Depth
Up to 4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Parmalee Point

Parmalee Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

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 black sea bass, 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

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.
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

  • Speer Gut

    Gut · 0.4 mi

    75
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 75
    • Spot 73
    • Spotted seatrout 66

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • July Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Manley Point

    Cape · 0.7 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Sandy Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 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.