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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Red drum59
- Southern flounder58
- Spotted seatrout58
- Gray snapper55
- Crevalle jack53
- Summer flounder51
- Black drum50
- King mackerel48
- Weakfish46
- Florida pompano45
- Red snapper44
- Spanish mackerel44
- Cobia43
- Sheepshead43
- Black sea bass40
- Gray triggerfish40
- Gag grouper39
- Little tunny39
- Red grouper39
- Bluefish35
- Greater amberjack34
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 462 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.4 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
44Wind: 11 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
71Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 yesterday
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
Grapevine Bay
- Depth
- 3-5 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 Grapevine Bay
Grapevine Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, weakfish, Florida pompano 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
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- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
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- Bear Point57
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- Spot 57
- Atlantic tarpon 56
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- Newport News Point57
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- Atlantic tarpon 56
3 kt SSWH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ft
- Orange Point56
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 56
- Red drum 55
- Southern flounder 54
3 kt SSWH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:02 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.