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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Crevalle jack65
- Gray snapper63
- King mackerel61
- Red drum61
- Summer flounder61
- Southern flounder59
- Black sea bass57
- Gray triggerfish57
- Black drum56
- Florida pompano56
- Gag grouper56
- Little tunny56
- Red grouper56
- Red snapper56
- Sheepshead54
- Spanish mackerel54
- Greater amberjack51
- Cobia50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Weakfish47
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 471 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 10 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 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
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- 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 Shell Point
Shell Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-10 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black sea bass, gray triggerfish, black drum 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
- Howard Bay74
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 70
5 kt ESEH 4:47 PM · 3.2 ftL 11:18 PM · 0.8 ft
- Mile Hammock Bay74
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 70
5 kt ESEH 4:47 PM · 3.2 ftL 11:18 PM · 0.8 ft
- Traps Bay74
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 70
5 kt ESEH 4:47 PM · 3.2 ftL 11:18 PM · 0.8 ft
- Cedar Point71
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
5 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.