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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot77
- Atlantic tarpon76
- Red drum75
- Crevalle jack74
- Southern flounder74
- Spotted seatrout70
- King mackerel68
- Summer flounder68
- Gray snapper67
- Black drum66
- Cobia59
- Florida pompano59
- Gray triggerfish59
- Red snapper59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Weakfish59
- Black sea bass58
- Gag grouper58
- Red grouper57
- Sheepshead56
- Little tunny54
- Greater amberjack53
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 597 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.5 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
66Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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 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
Hawkins Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Hawkins Bay
Hawkins Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, cobia, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. 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
- West Channel81
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 81
- Atlantic tarpon 79
- Spot 78
4 kt NL 11:41 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:14 PM · 2.1 ft
- East Channel81
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 81
- Atlantic tarpon 79
- Spot 78
4 kt NL 11:41 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:14 PM · 2.1 ft
- Main Channel80
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Atlantic tarpon 78
- Spot 76
4 kt NL 10:03 AM · 0.7 ftH 4:44 PM · 2.4 ft
- Robinson Point76
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Red drum 75
- Southern flounder 74
4 kt NL 11:41 AM · 0.5 ftH 6:14 PM · 2.1 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.