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WeakfishShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Fowler Point

35.14°N · 76.72°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 8 PM · Weakfish

73/100Great
Now
5112 AM EDT
Best window
4 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 12 AM · now

Time12ANOW
Score51Good
Tide0.5 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward E
Wind1 kn SWgusts 3 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.5 ft · 5 s
Air temp72°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy20% cloud
Water81°FObserved

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

Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder

Weakfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Weakfish in North Carolina

Spot profile

Fowler Point

Depth
4-8 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Fowler Point

Fowler Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 4-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

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 black drum, red snapper, little tunny and black sea bass. 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

  • Swindell Bay

    Bay · 0.4 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 73
    • Red drum 71

    1 kt SWL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Hall Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 68
    • Red drum 67

    1 kt SWL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Mason Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 68
    • Red drum 67

    1 kt SWL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Raccoon Creek Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 68
    • Red drum 67

    1 kt SWL 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.