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Cape · North Carolina

Fork Point

35.09°N · 76.63°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

80/100Great
Now
5310 AM EST
Best window
4-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Wednesday, Nov 11 · 1 PM

Time1P
Score71Great
Tide0.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind6 kn WSWgusts 13 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.3 ft · 5 s
Air temp71°Warm
WeatherOvercast97% cloud
Water66°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak

Weakfish season by week of the year. Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Fork Point

Depth
1-3 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Peak 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 Fork Point

Fork Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak from October 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.
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.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Bulah Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    64
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Little tunny 61

    6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Graveyard Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    64
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Little tunny 61

    6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Skate Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    64
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Little tunny 61

    9 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Hamilton Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    63
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Spot 63
    • Little tunny 61

    6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 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.