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WeakfishShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Halfway Point

36.49°N · 75.98°W · Cape · Currituck Sound

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Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish

69/100Great
Now
4612 PM EDT
Best window
12-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding1.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Saturday, Oct 3 · 9 AM

Time9A
Score67Great
Tide1.4 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentEbb0.3 kn · toward S
Wind6 kn ENEgusts 10 · steady
Air temp71°Warm
WeatherOvercast97% cloud
Water72°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Weakfish is best here

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in North Carolina

Spot profile

Halfway Point

Depth
1-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Halfway Point

Halfway Point is a cape in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack and spot, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, black sea bass and gag grouper. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Buck Island Bay

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 66

    10 kt EH 5:18 PM · 3.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Little Bellows Bay

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 66

    10 kt EH 5:18 PM · 3.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Bellows Bay

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Crevalle jack 66
    • Spot 66

    10 kt EH 5:18 PM · 3.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ft

  • Live Oak Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    63
    Top: King mackerelPeak season
    • King mackerel 63
    • Atlantic croaker 61
    • Crevalle jack 61

    10 kt EH 5:18 PM · 3.8 ftL 11:36 PM · 0.9 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.