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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot70
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Florida pompano55
- Gray snapper55
- Red drum55
- Crevalle jack51
- Southern flounder51
- King mackerel50
- Spotted seatrout48
- Black drum47
- Summer flounder47
- Red snapper46
- Gray triggerfish44
- Black sea bass42
- Gag grouper42
- Little tunny42
- Spanish mackerel42
- Red grouper41
- Sheepshead40
- Weakfish40
- Cobia38
- Greater amberjack36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 404 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
22Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 82°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
51Season: 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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Spot profile
Rock Point
- Depth
- 4-6 ftNearest water
- 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 Rock Point
Rock Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 4-6 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and gray triggerfish. 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
- Bogue Sound78
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 65
4 kt NL 10:14 AM · 0.6 ftH 4:30 PM · 2.0 ft
- Sanders Creek73
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Atlantic croaker 72
- Red drum 71
4 kt NL 7:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 2:48 PM · 2.3 ft
- Sanders Point67
Cape · 6.5 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
4 kt NL 7:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 2:48 PM · 2.3 ft
- Archer Point67
Cape · 6.8 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
4 kt NL 7:54 AM · 0.8 ftH 2:48 PM · 2.3 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.