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- Best of all
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Gray snapper63
- King mackerel63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Crevalle jack62
- Southern flounder61
- Summer flounder59
- Black drum58
- Red drum58
- Spotted seatrout57
- Florida pompano55
- Spanish mackerel54
- Black sea bass53
- Sheepshead53
- Weakfish52
- Cobia50
- Red snapper50
- Gray triggerfish47
- Gag grouper46
- Little tunny46
- Red grouper46
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 524 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
48Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: 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 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
Manns Harbor
- Depth
- 1-5 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 Manns Harbor
Manns Harbor is a bay in Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and gray snapper. It is peak season now for spot, Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Gray snapper peak from June 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 65
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Redstone Point62
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 62
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Fleetwood Point61
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- Atlantic tarpon 60
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Blockade Shoal61
Bar · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- Atlantic tarpon 60
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 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.