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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot67
- King mackerel65
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Crevalle jack63
- Florida pompano63
- Spanish mackerel62
- Gray snapper61
- Summer flounder61
- Red drum59
- Southern flounder57
- Black drum56
- Little tunny55
- Gray triggerfish52
- Black sea bass51
- Red snapper51
- Cobia50
- Gag grouper50
- Greater amberjack50
- Red grouper50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Sheepshead48
- Weakfish46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 463 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.5 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
65Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Cape Point
- Depth
- 5-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Cape Point
Cape Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and king mackerel. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September 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
- Barden Inlet76
Channel · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 70
7 kt EH 3:53 PM · 4.0 ftL 10:28 PM · 1.5 ft
- Lookout Bight73
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 67
7 kt EH 3:53 PM · 4.0 ftL 10:28 PM · 1.5 ft
- Catfish Point70
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 70
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
7 kt EH 3:53 PM · 4.0 ftL 10:28 PM · 1.5 ft
- Wreck Point68
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
- King mackerel 64
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.