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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot72
- Red drum67
- Southern flounder67
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Crevalle jack59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder54
- Florida pompano53
- King mackerel50
- Black drum49
- Weakfish48
- Red snapper46
- Spanish mackerel46
- Black sea bass44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Cobia43
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead41
- Little tunny40
- Greater amberjack38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4812 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
30Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable 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 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
Sheephead Creek
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Sheephead Creek
Sheephead Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, weakfish and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
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- Bryan Shoal69
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- Atlantic tarpon 64
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- Bryan Point69
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Red drum 68
4 kt ESEL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ftH 12:00 AM · 0.5 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.