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Cape · North Carolina

Bull Point

35.96°N · 76.37°W · Cape · Albemarle Sound

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

73/100Great
Now
599 AM EST
Best window
2 PM-12 AMNight bite

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score59Good
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward W
Wind4 kn NNEgusts 7 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.1 ft · 3 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy76% cloud
Water64°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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.

Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday

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When Weakfish is best here

Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Bull Point

Depth
1-3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Peak 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 Point

Bull Point is a cape in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, little tunny and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, little tunny, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, spot, Atlantic croaker and summer flounder. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August 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.
Spotted seatrout
Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Drummond Point

    Cape · 7.9 mi

    66
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 66
    • Spotted seatrout 60
    • Black sea bass 59

    4 kt NNE

  • Bull Bay

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    64
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 64
    • Weakfish 64
    • Little tunny 62

    4 kt NNE

  • Bluff Point

    Cape · 6.7 mi

    63
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 63
    • Bluefish 57
    • Spotted seatrout 56

    4 kt NNE

  • Horniblow Point

    Cape · 12 mi

    61
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 61
    • Bluefish 55
    • Spotted seatrout 54

    4 kt NNE

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.