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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot69
- Florida pompano61
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Crevalle jack57
- King mackerel57
- Southern flounder56
- Gray snapper55
- Red drum54
- Spotted seatrout54
- Summer flounder53
- Little tunny52
- Spanish mackerel48
- Black drum45
- Weakfish45
- Black sea bass44
- Cobia44
- Red snapper44
- Gag grouper43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Greater amberjack42
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 457 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
46Wind: 13 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Orange Point
- Depth
- 1-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Orange Point
Orange Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
- The Straits78
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 66
6 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Grapevine Bay78
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 78
- Florida pompano 65
6 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Babbitt Bay74
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Southern flounder 64
6 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- The Frying Pan72
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Southern flounder 63
6 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 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.