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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot59
- King mackerel58
- Crevalle jack56
- Florida pompano54
- Gray snapper53
- Summer flounder52
- Gray triggerfish50
- Red drum50
- Atlantic tarpon49
- Black sea bass49
- Gag grouper49
- Red grouper49
- Red snapper49
- Black drum45
- Little tunny45
- Spanish mackerel45
- Greater amberjack44
- Sheepshead44
- Southern flounder43
- Cobia41
- Spotted seatrout39
- Bluefish35
- Weakfish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 353 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.6 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
63Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
67Wind: 13 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
23Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.2 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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- This week
Spot profile
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and king mackerel. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, black sea bass and gag grouper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October.
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
- Eastmouth Bay66
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 61
13 kt ENEH 4:27 PM · 1.7 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.9 ft
- Henry Jones Creek66
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 61
13 kt ENEH 4:27 PM · 1.7 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.9 ft
- Shell Point61
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- King mackerel 58
13 kt ENEH 4:27 PM · 1.7 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.9 ft
- White Point61
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- Red drum 59
13 kt ENEH 4:27 PM · 1.7 ftL 11:52 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.