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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- King mackerel63
- Spot62
- Crevalle jack61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Red drum58
- Gray snapper57
- Summer flounder57
- Florida pompano55
- Southern flounder53
- Black drum52
- Little tunny52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Black sea bass51
- Gag grouper51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Red snapper51
- Red grouper50
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish47
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 473 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
64Season: 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, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. 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 70
- Crevalle jack 69
10 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 66
10 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Pitman Creek67
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Red drum 66
- Spot 66
13 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Horton Point66
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Atlantic tarpon 64
- Atlantic croaker 62
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.