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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Atlantic croaker70
- Red drum68
- Spot68
- Black sea bass67
- Florida pompano67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Summer flounder65
- Bluefish62
- Little tunny62
- Black drum59
- Southern flounder59
- Gag grouper58
- Striped bass58
- Sheepshead56
- King mackerel53
- Red snapper51
- Crevalle jack49
- Greater amberjack46
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 351 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.2 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
Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
86Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 70°F, coolLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
37Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Blair Channel
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 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, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, red drum, black sea bass and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Oyster Rocks74
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 74
- Black sea bass 70
- Little tunny 68
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Horse Island Channel73
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 73
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 69
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Wallace Channel72
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 68
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ft
- Haulover Point70
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 70
- Florida pompano 67
- Weakfish 64
10 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 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.