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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot67
- Black sea bass63
- Red drum62
- Florida pompano61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Weakfish59
- Black drum56
- Little tunny56
- Gag grouper54
- Southern flounder54
- Summer flounder54
- Sheepshead53
- Bluefish52
- Striped bass52
- Red snapper47
- King mackerel40
- Crevalle jack39
- Greater amberjack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia22
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 592 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.6 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime 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
Bank Channel
- Depth
- Up to 20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- 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 Bank Channel
Bank Channel is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and black sea bass. It is peak season now for black sea bass, red drum, Florida pompano and spotted seatrout, 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. Black sea bass peak from March through April and 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
- Main Channel72
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 65
6 kt EL 8:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:16 AM · 2.2 ft
- Banks Channel72
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 65
6 kt EL 8:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:16 AM · 2.2 ft
- Burthen Channel72
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 65
6 kt EL 8:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:16 AM · 2.2 ft
- Bogue Inlet67
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 67
- Spot 66
- Atlantic croaker 65
6 kt EL 8:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:16 AM · 2.2 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.