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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Crevalle jack65
- King mackerel63
- Red drum63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Summer flounder62
- Florida pompano60
- Gray snapper57
- Black drum55
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red snapper53
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper51
- Spanish mackerel50
- Weakfish50
- Cobia49
- Sheepshead48
- Greater amberjack47
- Little tunny45
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 504 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.4 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
96Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
78Wind: 12 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
71Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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 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
Stumpy Cove
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Stumpy Cove
Stumpy Cove is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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
- Indian Gap75
Gut · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 65
9 kt ENEH 5:11 PM · 3.6 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ft
- Little Goat Island Bay72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 65
9 kt ENEH 5:11 PM · 3.6 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ft
- Ballast Bay71
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 65
9 kt ENEH 5:11 PM · 3.6 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ft
- Myrtle Bay71
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 65
9 kt ENEH 5:11 PM · 3.6 ftL 11:29 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.