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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Crevalle jack65
- Southern flounder65
- Summer flounder63
- Gray snapper62
- Red drum62
- King mackerel60
- Black drum58
- Florida pompano58
- Spotted seatrout58
- Cobia55
- Sheepshead55
- Spanish mackerel55
- Black sea bass52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Gag grouper51
- Red grouper51
- Red snapper51
- Weakfish50
- Little tunny49
- Greater amberjack47
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 501 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
59Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
39Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
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- This week
Spot profile
Fisherman Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Fisherman Bay
Fisherman Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, cobia and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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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- Spot 69
- Southern flounder 68
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- Deep Point67
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Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 67
- Southern flounder 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
7 kt ENEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Maw Point64
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 63
- Atlantic tarpon 61
7 kt ENEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Maw Point Shoal64
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 63
- Summer flounder 63
7 kt ENEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 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.