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Cape · North Carolina

Lewis Point

35.99°N · 76.07°W · Cape · Albemarle Sound

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Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish

75/100Great
Now
4910 PM EDT
Best window
10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.4 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 PM · now

Time10PNOW
Score49Good
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward W
Wind8 kn ENEgusts 14 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 3 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy24% cloud
Water80°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in North Carolina

Spot profile

Lewis Point

Depth
1-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Lewis Point

Lewis Point is a cape in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, little tunny and red snapper. 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

  • Long Shoal Point

    Cape · 4.1 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Red drum 71
    • Atlantic croaker 70

    8 kt ENEL 2:24 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Middle Ground

    Bar · 6.6 mi

    73
    Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season
    • Atlantic tarpon 73
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Red drum 71

    8 kt ENEL 2:24 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Sandy Point Shoal

    Bar · 7.0 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 71
    • Atlantic tarpon 68

    8 kt ENEL 2:24 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Rock Point

    Cape · 4.5 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 67

    8 kt ENEL 2:24 AM · 0.4 ftH 7:13 AM · 0.4 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.