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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot66
- Florida pompano62
- Crevalle jack60
- Atlantic tarpon56
- King mackerel56
- Gray snapper55
- Summer flounder55
- Red drum53
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black drum48
- Little tunny48
- Black sea bass47
- Gag grouper47
- Gray triggerfish46
- Red grouper46
- Red snapper46
- Sheepshead46
- Weakfish43
- Greater amberjack42
- Cobia41
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 436 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.7 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
42Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 14 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 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 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
Bellows Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Bellows Bay
Bellows Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
- Little Bellows Bay66
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 62
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Buck Island Bay66
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Crevalle jack 60
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Sandy Cove66
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 62
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Halfway Point61
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 61
- Florida pompano 58
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 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.