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WeakfishShoulder season

Bay · Georgia

Sapelo Sound

31.55°N · 81.22°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary

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Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish

80/100Great
Now
457 PM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High7.6 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sun · 85

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 PM · now

Time7PNOW
Score45Good
Tide7.6 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind5 kn NEgusts 10 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 4 s
Air temp78°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy61% cloud
Water85°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Weakfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.

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Source: GADNR CRD · synced today

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Sapelo Sound

Depth
5-35 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonWeakfish

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 Sapelo Sound

Sapelo Sound is a bay in Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia. Depth is 5-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black sea bass and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.

Tackle & technique

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.
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

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  • Northeast Point

    Cape · 3.0 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 71
    • Florida pompano 67

    5 kt NEL 1:16 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:07 AM · 7.3 ft

  • Experiment Shoal

    Bar · 3.3 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 71
    • Florida pompano 67

    5 kt NEL 1:16 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:07 AM · 7.3 ft

  • High Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spot 70
    • Florida pompano 67

    5 kt NEL 1:16 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:22 AM · 7.5 ft

  • Dog Hammock Spit

    Bar · 2.1 mi

    70
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 70
    • Spot 68
    • Florida pompano 66

    5 kt NEL 1:16 AM · 1.1 ftH 7:22 AM · 7.5 ft

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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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.