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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot59
- Crevalle jack58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Red drum57
- Summer flounder56
- Gray snapper55
- King mackerel54
- Southern flounder51
- Black drum50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Black sea bass49
- Florida pompano46
- Weakfish46
- Sheepshead45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Gag grouper43
- Red snapper43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Red grouper42
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny38
- Cobia37
- Bluefish30
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4612 PM EDT
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
89Season: 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 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
Cabs Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Cabs Creek
Cabs Creek is a gut in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and weakfish. 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
- Bald Hill Bay63
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Crevalle jack 63
- Spot 63
12 kt NEL 1:18 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ft
- Shackleford Slue63
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 58
12 kt NEH 6:42 PM · 2.2 ftL 1:08 AM · 0.6 ft
- Back Sound63
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Crevalle jack 63
- Spot 63
12 kt NEL 1:18 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ft
- Bottle Run Point59
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Crevalle jack 58
- King mackerel 58
12 kt NEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:25 PM · 1.8 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.