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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot65
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Crevalle jack61
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel60
- Red drum60
- Southern flounder58
- Summer flounder57
- Black drum56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Little tunny55
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red snapper53
- Spanish mackerel53
- Black sea bass52
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper52
- Sheepshead51
- Cobia50
- Greater amberjack47
- Florida pompano46
- Weakfish45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4510 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
47Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
51Season: 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 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, little tunny, gray triggerfish and red snapper. 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 Straits73
Channel · 4.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Spot 71
8 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Grapevine Bay73
Bay · 4.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 69
8 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Orange Point65
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Crevalle jack 64
8 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cypress Point65
Cape · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
8 kt NEL 11:26 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:44 PM · 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.