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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot70
- Weakfish67
- Red drum66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Florida pompano65
- Little tunny62
- Southern flounder61
- Black sea bass60
- Black drum59
- Summer flounder59
- Bluefish57
- Gag grouper56
- Sheepshead56
- Striped bass52
- Red snapper48
- King mackerel46
- Crevalle jack44
- Greater amberjack40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 671 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.7 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
Sunday, Nov 8 · 11 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & 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
Ships Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Ships Bay
Ships Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 weakfish. It is peak season now for weakfish, red drum, spotted seatrout and Florida pompano, 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. Weakfish peak 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
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- Red drum 70
- Spot 70
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- Raccoon Bay70
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 70
- Spot 70
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- Whole Head Bay68
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Red drum 68
- Spot 68
5 kt NEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.4 ft
- Whale Head Bay68
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Red drum 68
- Spot 68
5 kt NEL 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.