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Cape · North Carolina

Boranges Point

35.92°N · 75.91°W · Cape · Alligator River

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Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish

80/100Great
Now
605 PM EST
Best window
5-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 3 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score73Great
Tide0.3 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.0 knmodeled · toward E
Wind5 kn NEgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.5 ft · 6 s
Air temp59°Mild
WeatherPartly cloudy20% cloud
Water63°FBias corrected

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

Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak

Weakfish season by week of the year. Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Boranges Point

Depth
1-8 ftNearest water
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 Boranges Point

Boranges Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak 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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Broad Creek

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    73
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spotted seatrout 69

    5 kt NEL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Deep Bay

    Bay · 2.4 mi

    73
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spotted seatrout 68

    5 kt NEL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Northeast Prong

    Bay · 3.3 mi

    73
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spotted seatrout 67

    6 kt ENEL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:03 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Deer Creek

    Bay · 3.2 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spot 72
    • Spotted seatrout 71

    5 kt NEL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ftH 4:03 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.