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Gray snapperPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot75
- Red drum64
- Southern flounder62
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Crevalle jack61
- Florida pompano59
- Summer flounder58
- Gray snapper57
- King mackerel57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum51
- Red snapper51
- Black sea bass49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Weakfish49
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Cobia47
- Red grouper47
- Sheepshead46
- Little tunny45
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 579 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
37Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
69Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray snapper is best here
Peak season for Gray snapper · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Harbor Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Harbor Creek
Harbor Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
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 southern flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- East Bluff Bay75
Bay · 0.3 mi
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- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 66
9 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Juniper Creek71
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Red drum 59
13 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Drum Point69
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 62
9 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- North Bluff Point65
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Florida pompano 56
13 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 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.