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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon62
- King mackerel59
- Southern flounder59
- Florida pompano58
- Crevalle jack57
- Red drum57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Gray snapper55
- Summer flounder55
- Little tunny50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black drum47
- Cobia47
- Weakfish47
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red snapper44
- Black sea bass43
- Gag grouper43
- Greater amberjack42
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 476 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
47Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
53Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In 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 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, 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. 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
- The Straits75
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Atlantic tarpon 70
3 kt WNWH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ft
- Grapevine Bay75
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 66
3 kt WNWH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ft
- Babbitt Bay72
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 68
3 kt WNWH 6:52 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ft
- The Frying Pan69
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Southern flounder 65
3 kt WNWH 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.