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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- King mackerel62
- Spot61
- Crevalle jack60
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Red drum58
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder56
- Florida pompano54
- Southern flounder53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Black drum52
- Gray triggerfish51
- Little tunny51
- Spanish mackerel51
- Black sea bass50
- Gag grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Red grouper49
- Weakfish47
- Cobia46
- Sheepshead46
- Greater amberjack45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 471 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
70Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
63Season: 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
Cedar Point
- Depth
- 1-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, spot and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, gray triggerfish and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Spot peak 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cedar Creek71
Bay · 3.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Red drum 69
9 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sandy Point69
Cape · 3.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Atlantic tarpon 68
- Atlantic croaker 65
9 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Horton Point65
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 61
13 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Pitman Creek65
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Red drum 65
- Crevalle jack 64
13 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 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.