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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot77
- Atlantic tarpon73
- Red drum71
- Southern flounder69
- Spotted seatrout69
- Black drum62
- Crevalle jack62
- Gray snapper61
- Summer flounder59
- Florida pompano56
- King mackerel56
- Weakfish55
- Cobia51
- Red snapper51
- Spanish mackerel49
- Black sea bass48
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red grouper47
- Sheepshead47
- Little tunny46
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 1 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 553 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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, Sep 23 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
75Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 3 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
42Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
69Season: 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
Whale Head Bay
- Depth
- 2-3 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 Whale Head Bay
Whale Head Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-3 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, weakfish and cobia. 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
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- Sanders Bay77
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- Atlantic tarpon 73
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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.