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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot75
- Red drum72
- Atlantic tarpon71
- Spotted seatrout71
- Southern flounder69
- Gray snapper68
- Crevalle jack66
- Summer flounder63
- Black drum62
- King mackerel60
- Weakfish57
- Red snapper56
- Sheepshead56
- Spanish mackerel55
- Cobia54
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper52
- Little tunny51
- Greater amberjack47
- Florida pompano46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5712 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
81Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
76Season: 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, weakfish, red snapper and sheepshead. 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
- Rattlesnake Bay75
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Red drum 72
3 kt SSWL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ft
- Bear Point70
Cape · 2.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Red drum 68
3 kt SSWL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ft
- Newport News Point70
Cape · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Red drum 68
3 kt SSWL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ft
- Orange Point68
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
- Atlantic tarpon 67
3 kt SSWL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:52 AM · 0.6 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.