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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack63
- Southern flounder63
- Red drum62
- Summer flounder58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Gray snapper55
- King mackerel55
- Florida pompano50
- Spanish mackerel49
- Black drum48
- Weakfish48
- Black sea bass47
- Cobia47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Gag grouper46
- Red snapper46
- Red grouper45
- Sheepshead43
- Little tunny42
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 488 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Low0.4 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + 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
Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
78Season: 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
Dump Creek
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Dump Creek
Dump Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and southern flounder, 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. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
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- Crevalle jack 63
- Spot 63
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- Dowdy Creek66
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- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 63
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- Blossom Pond Creek66
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- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 63
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- Log Point61
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 58
- Crevalle jack 57
9 kt NEH 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.