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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot70
- Red drum68
- Weakfish68
- Spotted seatrout67
- Black sea bass66
- Florida pompano66
- Little tunny64
- Southern flounder61
- Summer flounder61
- Black drum60
- Striped bass59
- Bluefish58
- Gag grouper57
- Sheepshead56
- Red snapper50
- King mackerel47
- Crevalle jack46
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia28
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 682 PM EST
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.8 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
Tuesday, Nov 3 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & 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
Beaufort Channel
- Depth
- 3-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Beaufort Channel
Beaufort Channel is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, weakfish, spotted seatrout and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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
- Carrot Island Channel73
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- Spot 70
- Red drum 66
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- Beaufort Inlet73
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Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Florida pompano 72
- Little tunny 72
7 kt ENEL 8:07 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:10 AM · 3.2 ft
- Morehead City Channel73
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 66
7 kt ENEL 8:14 PM · 0.5 ftH 2:20 AM · 3.1 ft
- Bird Shoal72
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 72
- Red drum 71
- Little tunny 68
7 kt ENEL 8:07 PM · 0.7 ftH 2:10 AM · 3.2 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.