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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot79
- Southern flounder74
- Crevalle jack71
- Red drum71
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Spotted seatrout67
- Florida pompano65
- King mackerel65
- Summer flounder65
- Gray snapper63
- Spanish mackerel58
- Black drum57
- Weakfish56
- Cobia55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Black sea bass54
- Gag grouper54
- Red snapper54
- Red grouper53
- Little tunny52
- Sheepshead51
- Greater amberjack50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 567 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
97Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
77Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Core Creek
- Depth
- 1-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Core Creek
Core Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and southern flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, southern flounder and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Southern flounder peak from September 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
- Bell Creek80
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Southern flounder 74
5 kt NNEL 11:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 PM · 3.5 ft
- Ware Creek80
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Southern flounder 74
5 kt NNEL 11:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 PM · 3.5 ft
- Oyster Creek80
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Southern flounder 74
5 kt NNEL 11:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 PM · 3.5 ft
- White Rock75
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Southern flounder 74
- King mackerel 73
5 kt NNEL 11:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:20 PM · 3.5 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.