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WeakfishPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Spotted seatrout70
- Red drum68
- Weakfish68
- Black sea bass65
- Black drum62
- Southern flounder62
- Little tunny61
- Florida pompano60
- Summer flounder59
- Gag grouper56
- Sheepshead56
- Striped bass56
- Bluefish55
- Red snapper48
- Crevalle jack44
- King mackerel44
- Greater amberjack40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia28
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 682 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 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
Tuesday, Nov 10 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 7 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime 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
Church Island Channel
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Church Island Channel
Church Island Channel is a channel in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, weakfish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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
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- Cedar Island Bay71
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- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
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- Gray Point69
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- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
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- Wolf House Point69
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
5 kt ENEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 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.