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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot62
- Southern flounder60
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Summer flounder57
- Crevalle jack56
- Red drum56
- Gray snapper54
- Black drum53
- King mackerel52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Black sea bass49
- Sheepshead47
- Florida pompano45
- Weakfish45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red snapper43
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Cobia41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny37
- Bluefish28
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 451 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
39Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
77Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 southern flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, southern flounder and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, sheepshead and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Southern flounder 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.
- 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.
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- Northeast Prong61
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- Deep Bay61
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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.