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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker76
- Spot75
- Atlantic tarpon74
- Crevalle jack74
- Gray snapper72
- Red drum70
- Summer flounder70
- King mackerel69
- Southern flounder66
- Spanish mackerel64
- Spotted seatrout64
- Black drum63
- Sheepshead61
- Black sea bass60
- Gag grouper60
- Gray triggerfish60
- Red snapper60
- Cobia59
- Little tunny59
- Red grouper59
- Weakfish58
- Florida pompano55
- Greater amberjack55
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 588 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
79Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
51Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
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- This week
Spot profile
Kitty Hawk Bay
- Depth
- 4-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Kitty Hawk Bay
Kitty Hawk Bay is a bay in Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, North Carolina. Depth is 4-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 Spanish mackerel, black drum, sheepshead and black sea bass. 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
- Blount Bay76
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Red drum 75
- Spot 75
4 kt ENEL 10:49 PM · 1.5 ftH 4:52 AM · 3.0 ft
- Long Point70
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 69
4 kt ENEL 10:49 PM · 1.5 ftH 4:52 AM · 3.0 ft
- Eagleton Point70
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 69
4 kt ENEL 10:49 PM · 1.5 ftH 4:52 AM · 3.0 ft
- Hay Point69
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- King mackerel 69
- Spot 69
4 kt ENEL 10:49 PM · 1.5 ftH 4:52 AM · 3.0 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.