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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout68
- Crevalle jack66
- King mackerel66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Gray snapper65
- Southern flounder65
- Summer flounder63
- Black drum60
- Little tunny60
- Black sea bass58
- Florida pompano58
- Gag grouper58
- Gray triggerfish58
- Red snapper58
- Red grouper57
- Sheepshead56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Cobia54
- Greater amberjack53
- Weakfish52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 524 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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, Oct 1 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
62Season: PeakHabitat: 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 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
Stumpy Point
- Depth
- 2-8 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 Stumpy Point
Stumpy Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 2-8 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for black drum, little tunny, black sea bass and Florida pompano. 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
- The Straits74
Channel · 4.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spotted seatrout 74
- Red drum 73
5 kt SSEH 7:16 PM · 0.7 ftL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ft
- Grapevine Bay74
Bay · 4.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Red drum 71
5 kt SSEH 7:16 PM · 0.7 ftL 1:39 AM · 0.4 ft
- Cypress Point71
Cape · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Red drum 69
5 kt SSEH 6:56 PM · 0.4 ftL 1:19 AM · 0.4 ft
- Orange Point68
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
- Atlantic croaker 65
5 kt SSEH 7:16 PM · 0.7 ftL 1:39 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.