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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Southern flounder64
- Crevalle jack63
- Summer flounder63
- Red drum61
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Black drum58
- Florida pompano57
- Cobia55
- Sheepshead54
- Spanish mackerel54
- Black sea bass51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Gag grouper50
- Red grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Weakfish50
- Little tunny49
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5011 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
52Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: 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
Poplar Branch Bay
- Depth
- 1-5 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 Poplar Branch Bay
Poplar Branch Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, cobia and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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
- The Hammock71
Channel · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Southern flounder 68
- Spot 68
4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft
- Little Narrows71
Gut · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Southern flounder 68
- Spot 68
4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft
- Dowdy Bay66
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Southern flounder 63
4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft
- Long Point62
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
- Southern flounder 60
4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 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.