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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Spotted seatrout68
- Bluefish67
- Red drum67
- Summer flounder65
- Black sea bass64
- Little tunny64
- Florida pompano61
- Striped bass60
- Southern flounder59
- Atlantic croaker57
- Gag grouper55
- Spot55
- Black drum54
- King mackerel54
- Sheepshead52
- Crevalle jack51
- Greater amberjack48
- Red snapper48
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Red snapper
- Now
- 488 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 11 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
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
- Peak
- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Blair Channel
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Blair Channel
Blair Channel is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spotted seatrout and bluefish. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, bluefish and red drum, and shoulder season for summer flounder, striped bass, Atlantic croaker and spot. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December.
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.
- 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Red drum 67
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- Horse Island Channel71
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- Spotted seatrout 68
- Red drum 67
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- Haulover Point71
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- Bluefish 67
- Weakfish 63
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- Oyster Rocks68
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 68
- Florida pompano 68
- Little tunny 68
14 kt NEH 1:33 PM · 2.3 ftL 8:07 PM · 0.4 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.