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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Atlantic tarpon72
- Crevalle jack70
- Red drum69
- Gray snapper68
- Southern flounder66
- Summer flounder66
- King mackerel65
- Black drum62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Florida pompano61
- Spanish mackerel60
- Cobia58
- Gray triggerfish58
- Sheepshead58
- Red snapper57
- Black sea bass56
- Gag grouper56
- Red grouper56
- Weakfish54
- Little tunny52
- Greater amberjack51
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 3 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5410 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 AM-9 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
70Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
66Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
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Spot profile
Onslow Bay
- Depth
- 10-30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
- 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 Onslow Bay
Onslow Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 10-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and cobia. 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
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Channel · 0.7 mi
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- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Crevalle jack 74
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- Banks Channel78
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Spot 73
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- Sanders Creek77
Gut · 4.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Atlantic tarpon 75
- Spot 73
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- Browns Sound75
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 72
6 kt NEH 2:51 PM · 3.1 ftL 9:35 PM · 0.9 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.