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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
5810 AM EST
Best window
12-5 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.2 ft

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24-hour conditions

Sunday, Nov 8 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score71Great
Tide0.3 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward S
Wind4 kn NNWgusts 12 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 8 s
Air temp55°Mild
WeatherOvercast99% cloud
Water65°FModel

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.

Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday

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When Weakfish is best here

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 little tunny, black sea bass and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for little tunny, black sea bass, spotted seatrout and weakfish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and striped bass. Little tunny peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
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.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Deer Creek

    Bay · 3.2 mi

    66
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 66
    • Red drum 64
    • Southern flounder 64

    6 kt NEH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ftL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Broad Creek

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    64
    Top: Southern flounderPeak season
    • Southern flounder 64
    • Weakfish 64
    • Spotted seatrout 63

    6 kt NEH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ftL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Deep Bay

    Bay · 2.4 mi

    63
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 63
    • Spotted seatrout 62
    • Little tunny 61

    6 kt NEH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ftL 11:27 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Northeast Prong

    Bay · 3.3 mi

    63
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 63
    • Spotted seatrout 62
    • Little tunny 61

    8 kt NEH 4:58 PM · 0.5 ftL 11:27 PM · 0.3 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.