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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Florida pompano62
- Red drum60
- Crevalle jack58
- King mackerel57
- Gray snapper56
- Southern flounder56
- Little tunny54
- Spotted seatrout53
- Summer flounder53
- Spanish mackerel52
- Black drum51
- Black sea bass48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red snapper48
- Gag grouper47
- Red grouper47
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish43
- Cobia42
- Greater amberjack42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 437 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
45Wind: 15 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Shell Point
- Depth
- 6-7 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 Shell Point
Shell Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 6-7 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and black drum. 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
- Lighthouse Channel82
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 78
- Atlantic tarpon 72
6 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 ft
- Eastmouth Bay77
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 67
6 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 ft
- Henry Jones Creek77
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 75
- Red drum 68
6 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 ft
- Sandy Point73
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 64
6 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 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.