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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot73
- Florida pompano69
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Southern flounder61
- Crevalle jack59
- Red drum59
- Summer flounder59
- Black drum58
- King mackerel58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Gray snapper57
- Spotted seatrout57
- Little tunny55
- Black sea bass48
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red snapper48
- Red grouper47
- Cobia45
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 458 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
15Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.5 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 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
Rattan Spit
- Depth
- 2-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Rattan Spit
Rattan Spit is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, 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, Atlantic tarpon and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and little tunny. 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
- North Bay78
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 78
- Atlantic tarpon 68
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Rattan Bay78
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 78
- Atlantic tarpon 68
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Westward Point73
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Atlantic tarpon 64
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Hammock Point73
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Atlantic tarpon 64
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 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.