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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot66
- Florida pompano63
- King mackerel63
- Summer flounder62
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum59
- Black drum58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Gray snapper57
- Spotted seatrout54
- Southern flounder53
- Black sea bass52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Red snapper52
- Gag grouper51
- Little tunny50
- Red grouper50
- Weakfish48
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 1 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 487 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
64Season: 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 today
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
Maw Point Shoal
- Depth
- 4-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Maw Point Shoal
Maw Point Shoal is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
- Maw Bay72
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Red drum 68
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Fisherman Bay71
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 65
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Deep Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 67
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Atlantic tarpon 65
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Maw Point65
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- King mackerel 62
12 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.