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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon66
- Red drum66
- Southern flounder65
- Spotted seatrout61
- Summer flounder61
- King mackerel60
- Crevalle jack58
- Florida pompano58
- Black drum57
- Gray snapper56
- Little tunny50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 454 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
46Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
53Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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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- This week
Spot profile
Penn Point
- Depth
- 1-3 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 Penn Point
Penn Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 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 red drum, 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. 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
- Turtle Rock77
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Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 77
- Red drum 75
- Atlantic tarpon 75
7 kt ESEH 5:34 PM · 3.4 ftL 12:14 AM · 0.9 ft
- Cross Rock76
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 76
- Red drum 74
- Atlantic tarpon 74
7 kt ESEH 5:19 PM · 2.6 ftL 12:03 AM · 0.8 ft
- Lawton Point74
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 74
- Atlantic tarpon 74
- Southern flounder 73
7 kt ESEH 5:19 PM · 2.6 ftL 12:03 AM · 0.8 ft
- White Rock72
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Red drum 69
7 kt ESEH 5:34 PM · 3.4 ftL 12:14 AM · 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.