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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Red drum69
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Southern flounder68
- Spotted seatrout66
- Florida pompano62
- Crevalle jack61
- King mackerel60
- Summer flounder60
- Black drum59
- Gray snapper58
- Little tunny56
- Spanish mackerel53
- Gray triggerfish51
- Black sea bass50
- Gag grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Red grouper49
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish46
- Cobia45
- Greater amberjack44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 468 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 5 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
62Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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
Marsh Hen Point
- Depth
- About 1 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 Marsh Hen Point
Marsh Hen Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Fulcher Creek80
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Red drum 73
9 kt NEL 1:52 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:42 PM · 2.0 ft
- Steep Point Channel80
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 75
9 kt NEL 11:55 AM · 0.7 ftH 6:35 PM · 2.7 ft
- South Leopard Creek80
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Red drum 70
9 kt NEL 1:52 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:42 PM · 2.0 ft
- Black Hammock Point75
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
- Florida pompano 70
9 kt NEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:25 PM · 1.8 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.