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- Best of all
- Spot71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Red drum67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Little tunny66
- Florida pompano65
- Weakfish65
- Southern flounder62
- Black drum60
- Black sea bass60
- Bluefish60
- Gag grouper57
- Summer flounder57
- Sheepshead56
- Striped bass56
- Red snapper49
- Crevalle jack44
- King mackerel44
- Greater amberjack40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 652 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
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 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 spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, little tunny and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Jenkins Cove72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
5 kt ENEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.4 ft
- Raccoon Bay72
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
5 kt ENEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.4 ft
- Whole Head Bay69
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
5 kt NEL 8:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.4 ft
- Whale Head Bay69
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 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.