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Red snapperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot55
- Red drum52
- Gray snapper51
- Crevalle jack50
- Summer flounder49
- King mackerel47
- Black drum45
- Black sea bass45
- Red snapper43
- Weakfish42
- Florida pompano41
- Gray triggerfish39
- Sheepshead39
- Gag grouper38
- Red grouper38
- Greater amberjack34
- Spanish mackerel34
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Little tunny30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Bluefish29
- Cobia29
Best score today · 2 AM · Red snapper
- Now
- 432 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-4 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
97Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 11 kt WPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
43Season: 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 · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Evergreen Slough
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Evergreen Slough
Evergreen Slough is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, red snapper and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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.
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- Crevalle jack 50
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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.