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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- King mackerel59
- Crevalle jack58
- Southern flounder58
- Gray snapper56
- Red drum56
- Spotted seatrout54
- Summer flounder54
- Little tunny52
- Florida pompano51
- Black drum50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper47
- Sheepshead46
- Cobia45
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 459 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 77°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
63Season: 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
Mason Point
- Depth
- 3-8 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 Mason Point
Mason Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-8 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, black drum and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Swindell Bay67
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 65
7 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Chapel Creek Point62
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Hall Point62
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Swan Point62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
7 kt NEH 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.