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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- King mackerel58
- Crevalle jack57
- Southern flounder56
- Gray snapper55
- Red drum55
- Summer flounder53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Little tunny51
- Florida pompano50
- Spanish mackerel49
- Black drum48
- Black sea bass47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Red snapper47
- Gag grouper46
- Red grouper45
- Sheepshead44
- Weakfish44
- Cobia43
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 447 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.4 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
64Season: 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
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Harper Point
- Depth
- 1-10 ftFlat bottom
- 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 Harper Point
Harper Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-10 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for little tunny, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and black drum. 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
- Moore Bay66
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
5 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Newton Creek65
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Southern flounder 65
- Spot 64
5 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Parch Corn Bay65
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Crevalle jack 62
- Spot 62
5 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Powers Point61
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- King mackerel 58
5 kt NNEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 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.