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- Best of all
- Spot69
- Atlantic croaker68
- Florida pompano65
- Little tunny58
- Weakfish58
- Red drum57
- Spotted seatrout57
- Southern flounder56
- Black sea bass55
- Bluefish53
- Black drum52
- Summer flounder52
- Gag grouper51
- Sheepshead51
- Red snapper44
- Striped bass43
- King mackerel38
- Crevalle jack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Greater amberjack35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper34
- Spanish mackerel33
- Cobia30
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5810 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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, Nov 6 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
70Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Shop Gut
- Depth
- 1-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Shop Gut
Shop Gut is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, little tunny, weakfish and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Dewey Point64
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Cooper Point64
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Chadwick Point64
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 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.