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- Best of all
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Red drum66
- Spotted seatrout65
- Florida pompano63
- Weakfish62
- Southern flounder58
- Bluefish57
- Little tunny56
- Black sea bass55
- Black drum53
- Summer flounder53
- Gag grouper52
- Sheepshead46
- Striped bass46
- Red snapper45
- King mackerel42
- Crevalle jack41
- Greater amberjack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper32
- Cobia31
- Spanish mackerel31
Best score today · 4 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 628 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
92Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 6 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
93Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
89Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Maw Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Maw Bay
Maw 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 semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and weakfish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Fisherman Bay72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Florida pompano 68
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Maw Point Shoal70
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 70
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Maw Point67
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Deep Point67
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 67
- Spot 67
- Spotted seatrout 67
10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 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.