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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot72
- Florida pompano61
- Crevalle jack60
- King mackerel57
- Red drum57
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Summer flounder55
- Gray snapper51
- Black drum48
- Red snapper47
- Black sea bass46
- Gag grouper46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Red grouper45
- Spanish mackerel44
- Cobia43
- Weakfish43
- Greater amberjack41
- Sheepshead41
- Little tunny40
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 435 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High3.6 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 7 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
80Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
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
Burris Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Burris Bay
Burris Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 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 king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and black sea bass. 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
- Jarvis Channel75
Gut · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 62
10 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Lone Oak Channel75
Gut · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 62
10 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Wells Creek72
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Florida pompano 62
10 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Canvasback Point66
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 61
10 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 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.