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- Best of all
- King mackerel35
- Red snapper31
- Atlantic croaker30
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Black drum30
- Crevalle jack30
- Gray snapper30
- Little tunny30
- Red drum30
- Southern flounder30
- Spot30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Summer flounder30
- Weakfish30
- Black sea bass29
- Cobia29
- Gray triggerfish28
- Spanish mackerel28
- Bluefish27
- Florida pompano27
- Gag grouper27
- Red grouper27
- Sheepshead26
- Greater amberjack23
Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 302 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2 AM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
33Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
32Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 17 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
37Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: 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
Roanoke Sound
- Depth
- 2-3 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 Roanoke Sound
Roanoke Sound is a bay in Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, North Carolina. Depth is 2-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, red snapper and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for red snapper, black drum, little tunny and weakfish. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Red snapper peak from May through August. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Red snapper
- Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Roanoke Sound Channel35
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 35
- Black sea bass 34
- Red snapper 31
17 kt NEL 2:47 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:40 AM · 0.6 ft
- Broad Creek Point35
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 35
- Florida pompano 31
- Red snapper 31
17 kt NEL 2:47 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:40 AM · 0.6 ft
- Oyster Creek35
Gut · 3.2 mi
Top: Black sea bassShoulder season- Black sea bass 35
- Crevalle jack 35
- Gray snapper 35
17 kt NEL 2:47 AM · 0.5 ftH 7:40 AM · 0.6 ft
- Rockhall Creek30
Gut · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 30
- Black drum 30
- Black sea bass 30
26 kt NEH 5:34 AM · 3.4 ftL 11:32 AM · 1.3 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.