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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot64
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Gray snapper60
- Red drum59
- Crevalle jack58
- Southern flounder58
- Spotted seatrout54
- Summer flounder53
- Black drum52
- King mackerel51
- Florida pompano49
- Red snapper47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Weakfish47
- Sheepshead46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Black sea bass44
- Cobia43
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper43
- Little tunny41
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
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- 473 AM EDT
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
31Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- 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 Bull Bay
Bull Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 9-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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
- Bull Point63
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Southern flounder 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
8 kt ENE
- Reed Point63
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Southern flounder 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
8 kt ENE
- Drummond Point61
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- Atlantic tarpon 57
8 kt ENE
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Spot 54
- Atlantic tarpon 54
8 kt ENE
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.