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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot65
- Red drum62
- King mackerel58
- Crevalle jack57
- Florida pompano56
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder55
- Atlantic tarpon52
- Gray triggerfish51
- Southern flounder51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Black drum49
- Black sea bass49
- Gag grouper49
- Red grouper49
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Little tunny47
- Sheepshead47
- Cobia45
- Greater amberjack44
- Weakfish38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 383 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
56Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 8 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
26Water temp: 82°F, hotLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
50Season: 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
Hickory Point
- Depth
- 6-10 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 Hickory Point
Hickory Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 6-10 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, black drum 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
- Stones Bay72
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
8 kt SSWH 3:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:11 PM · 0.7 ft
- Ellis Cove72
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
8 kt SSWH 3:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:11 PM · 0.7 ft
- Courthouse Bay72
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
8 kt SSWH 3:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:11 PM · 0.7 ft
- Hines Point67
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 65
- Red drum 62
8 kt SSWH 3:35 PM · 1.2 ftL 10:11 PM · 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.