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- Best of all
- King mackerel61
- Atlantic croaker59
- Florida pompano58
- Spot58
- Crevalle jack57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Gray snapper53
- Atlantic tarpon52
- Summer flounder52
- Red drum50
- Little tunny48
- Black drum46
- Black sea bass45
- Gray triggerfish45
- Red snapper45
- Gag grouper44
- Greater amberjack44
- Red grouper44
- Weakfish40
- Cobia39
- Sheepshead38
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 404 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.7 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
66Season: 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 king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and black drum. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Florida pompano 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Barden Inlet71
Channel · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Florida pompano 68
- King mackerel 68
12 kt ENEH 4:42 PM · 4.1 ftL 11:00 PM · 1.3 ft
- Catfish Point65
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season- Florida pompano 65
- Atlantic croaker 59
- King mackerel 59
16 kt ENEH 4:42 PM · 4.1 ftL 11:00 PM · 1.3 ft
- Lookout Bight64
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Florida pompano 63
- Spot 63
16 kt ENEH 4:42 PM · 4.1 ftL 11:00 PM · 1.3 ft
- Wreck Point60
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 60
- Atlantic croaker 59
- Florida pompano 58
16 kt ENEH 4:42 PM · 4.1 ftL 11:00 PM · 1.3 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.