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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot67
- Red drum65
- Spotted seatrout65
- Weakfish65
- Bluefish61
- Little tunny61
- Southern flounder60
- Black sea bass59
- Florida pompano59
- Black drum58
- Striped bass57
- Sheepshead55
- Summer flounder55
- Gag grouper54
- Red snapper50
- Crevalle jack41
- King mackerel41
- Greater amberjack39
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia31
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 652 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.2 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
86Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 4 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cedar Bay
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Cedar Bay
Cedar Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, weakfish and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and striped bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
- Goose Castle71
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt NEL 7:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 1:35 PM · 3.9 ft
- Goose Point67
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Red drum 63
5 kt NEL 7:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 1:35 PM · 3.9 ft
- Wolf House Point66
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Bluefish 62
- Red drum 62
5 kt NEL 7:06 AM · 0.7 ftH 1:28 PM · 3.7 ft
- Goosecastle Point65
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Spot 62
- Atlantic croaker 61
5 kt NEL 7:13 AM · 0.7 ftH 1:35 PM · 3.9 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.