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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Black sea bass79
- Spot77
- Spotted seatrout77
- Little tunny76
- Weakfish76
- Atlantic croaker75
- Red drum72
- Florida pompano71
- Sheepshead71
- Bluefish70
- Black drum69
- Gag grouper69
- Southern flounder69
- Striped bass67
- Summer flounder67
- King mackerel62
- Red snapper62
- Crevalle jack58
- Greater amberjack53
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 355 PM EST
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 8 · 11 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: Bright sunSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
44Off 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 today
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
Mouse Harbor
- Depth
- 5-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Mouse Harbor
Mouse Harbor is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for black sea bass, spotted seatrout, little tunny and weakfish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, sheepshead and black drum. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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
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- Kirk Point78
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- Shell Hill Point77
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- Black sea bass 72
- Red drum 72
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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.