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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Crevalle jack70
- Gray snapper65
- Red drum65
- Summer flounder65
- King mackerel64
- Black drum61
- Black sea bass61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Weakfish57
- Florida pompano56
- Sheepshead56
- Gag grouper55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red snapper55
- Red grouper54
- Spanish mackerel52
- Greater amberjack49
- Little tunny48
- Cobia47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 575 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 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
Sunday, Sep 27 · 11 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
82Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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
Hooker Gut
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Hooker Gut
Hooker Gut is a gut in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, weakfish and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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
- Deep Bay78
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- Spot 78
- Crevalle jack 76
10 kt ENEH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ftL 3:21 AM · 0.4 ft
- Deer Creek77
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 77
- Crevalle jack 76
10 kt ENEH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ftL 3:21 AM · 0.4 ft
- Liehue Gut73
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Crevalle jack 70
- Spot 70
12 kt ENEH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ftL 3:21 AM · 0.4 ft
- Northeast Prong70
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Crevalle jack 70
- Spot 69
12 kt ENEH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ftL 3:21 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.