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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon67
- King mackerel66
- Red drum66
- Crevalle jack65
- Gray snapper64
- Summer flounder62
- Southern flounder60
- Spotted seatrout59
- Florida pompano58
- Black drum57
- Gray triggerfish57
- Little tunny57
- Spanish mackerel57
- Black sea bass56
- Gag grouper56
- Red snapper56
- Red grouper55
- Sheepshead53
- Cobia52
- Greater amberjack51
- Weakfish50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 504 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
66Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Gloucester Point
- Depth
- Up to 15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Gloucester Point
Gloucester Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, gray triggerfish and little tunny. 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
- The Straits79
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 75
5 kt EH 5:45 PM · 1.6 ftL 12:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Crab Point75
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
5 kt EH 5:45 PM · 1.6 ftL 12:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gaskill Point75
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Atlantic croaker 70
5 kt EH 5:45 PM · 1.6 ftL 12:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Wading Point74
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 74
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
5 kt EH 5:45 PM · 1.6 ftL 12:46 AM · 0.7 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.