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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker76
- Spot73
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack70
- Florida pompano69
- King mackerel69
- Summer flounder69
- Gray snapper64
- Red drum63
- Southern flounder63
- Spanish mackerel62
- Black drum58
- Cobia58
- Black sea bass56
- Spotted seatrout55
- Little tunny54
- Sheepshead53
- Weakfish53
- Gray triggerfish51
- Red snapper50
- Gag grouper49
- Greater amberjack49
- Red grouper49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 533 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.9 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
72Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
29Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
77Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
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Spot profile
Barden Inlet
- Depth
- 2-10 ftSlope
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · ProtectedInlet · slope
- 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 Barden Inlet
Barden Inlet is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads inlet, inner water and protected.
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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum 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
- Sheep Island Slue79
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Atlantic tarpon 78
- Spot 76
7 kt EH 6:23 PM · 1.8 ftL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ft
- Barden Inlet79
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Crevalle jack 79
- Atlantic tarpon 78
7 kt EH 6:23 PM · 1.8 ftL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ft
- Lighthouse Bay75
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 75
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 72
7 kt EH 6:23 PM · 1.8 ftL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ft
- Blinds Hammock Bay73
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Florida pompano 67
7 kt EH 3:53 PM · 4.0 ftL 10:28 PM · 1.5 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.