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WeakfishPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- Little tunny66
- Florida pompano64
- Black sea bass59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Weakfish59
- Bluefish58
- Red drum58
- Gag grouper55
- Striped bass54
- Southern flounder53
- Black drum52
- Summer flounder50
- Sheepshead49
- Red snapper48
- King mackerel44
- Greater amberjack38
- Crevalle jack37
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Atlantic tarpon34
- Gray snapper34
- Spanish mackerel34
- Cobia28
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 598 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 2 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Garden Point
- Depth
- 1-6 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 Garden Point
Garden Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, black sea bass and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, striped bass and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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
- Harper Creek74
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Little tunny 66
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Plum Creek74
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Red drum 65
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Win Creek74
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Red drum 65
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Alligator Point68
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Red drum 67
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 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.