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Gray snapperOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot73
- Red drum72
- Spotted seatrout71
- Weakfish71
- Southern flounder70
- Black sea bass62
- Bluefish62
- Black drum59
- Florida pompano59
- Summer flounder59
- Little tunny58
- Gag grouper57
- Red snapper54
- Sheepshead54
- Striped bass51
- Crevalle jack45
- King mackerel45
- Greater amberjack42
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 5 PM · Gray snapper
- Now
- 358 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 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
Thursday, Nov 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Gray snapper
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Tooley Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Tooley Creek
Tooley 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 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, weakfish and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. 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
- Rose Bay73
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Weakfish 71
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Germantown Bay71
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Island Point67
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Little tunny 66
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Swan Point Shoal67
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Florida pompano 66
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 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.