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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot70
- Red drum58
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Florida pompano54
- Gray snapper53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Crevalle jack50
- King mackerel50
- Southern flounder50
- Summer flounder47
- Black drum46
- Red snapper44
- Little tunny43
- Gray triggerfish41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Weakfish41
- Black sea bass40
- Gag grouper40
- Red grouper40
- Sheepshead39
- Cobia38
- Greater amberjack36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4110 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Cherry Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-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 Cherry Point
Cherry Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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
- Daniels Point72
Cape · 6.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Red drum 58
5 kt SEL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Great Neck Point72
Cape · 6.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Red drum 58
5 kt SEL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Myrtle Marsh Point63
Cape · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 62
- Red drum 55
2 kt SL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Kendall Point63
Cape · 7.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 62
- Red drum 55
2 kt SL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 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.