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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot70
- Spotted seatrout66
- Red drum64
- Florida pompano62
- Weakfish61
- Southern flounder58
- Bluefish55
- Little tunny55
- Black drum53
- Black sea bass53
- Striped bass52
- Summer flounder49
- Gag grouper48
- Sheepshead48
- Red snapper45
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack34
- Gray triggerfish34
- Greater amberjack33
- Spanish mackerel30
- Cobia27
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 6110 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Monday, Nov 16 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 8 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Jones Bay
- Depth
- 6-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Jones Bay
Jones Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 6-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, Florida pompano and weakfish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and striped bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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
- Dowdy Creek70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
5 kt ENEL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:19 AM · 0.5 ft
- Little Drum Creek70
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
5 kt ENEL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:19 AM · 0.5 ft
- Preston Bay70
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 66
5 kt ENEL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:19 AM · 0.5 ft
- Minktrap Point65
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spotted seatrout 62
5 kt ENEL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:19 AM · 0.5 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.