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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot76
- Atlantic tarpon74
- Crevalle jack71
- Red drum70
- Southern flounder70
- Summer flounder70
- Gray snapper69
- Black drum66
- King mackerel65
- Black sea bass63
- Sheepshead62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Florida pompano58
- Gray triggerfish58
- Red snapper58
- Weakfish58
- Gag grouper57
- Red grouper57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Cobia54
- Greater amberjack53
- Little tunny50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 582 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.8 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 · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
77Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Sanders Creek
- Depth
- Up to 3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Sanders Creek
Sanders Creek is a gut in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, sheepshead and Florida pompano. 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
- Cow Channel79
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 74
4 kt ENEH 4:44 PM · 2.4 ftL 11:16 PM · 0.8 ft
- Browns Inlet78
Channel · 3.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Crevalle jack 75
7 kt ESEH 4:47 PM · 3.2 ftL 11:18 PM · 0.8 ft
- Bear Inlet76
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Crevalle jack 75
7 kt ESEH 4:44 PM · 2.4 ftL 11:16 PM · 0.8 ft
- Browns Sound75
Bay · 3.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 71
7 kt ESEH 4:47 PM · 3.2 ftL 11:18 PM · 0.8 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.