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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot74
- Red drum71
- Crevalle jack69
- Spotted seatrout69
- Gray snapper67
- Southern flounder67
- Summer flounder67
- Atlantic tarpon65
- King mackerel63
- Black drum62
- Florida pompano61
- Sheepshead60
- Cobia59
- Gray triggerfish57
- Spanish mackerel57
- Black sea bass56
- Gag grouper56
- Red grouper56
- Red snapper56
- Little tunny54
- Weakfish54
- Greater amberjack52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 543 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Sep 28 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
73Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Deep Bay
Deep Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, sheepshead and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
- 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
- Hooker Gut78
Gut · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 76
- Red drum 73
5 kt ESEH 6:56 PM · 0.4 ftL 1:19 AM · 0.4 ft
- Deer Creek75
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 73
7 kt SEH 6:56 PM · 0.4 ftL 1:19 AM · 0.4 ft
- Broad Creek74
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Red drum 74
- Spot 74
7 kt SEH 6:56 PM · 0.4 ftL 1:19 AM · 0.4 ft
- Northeast Prong74
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 70
5 kt ESEH 6:56 PM · 0.4 ftL 1:19 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.