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WeakfishPeak seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot65
- Spotted seatrout60
- Florida pompano58
- Little tunny58
- Red drum58
- Weakfish56
- Bluefish55
- Striped bass53
- Black sea bass52
- Southern flounder52
- Black drum48
- Gag grouper47
- Red snapper44
- Summer flounder44
- Sheepshead43
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper35
- Gray triggerfish34
- Greater amberjack33
- Gray snapper32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Crevalle jack29
- Spanish mackerel25
- Cobia22
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 569 PM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.3 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 13 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
94Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 6 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
93Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: 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
Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Westward Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Westward Point
Westward Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, Florida pompano, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, striped bass and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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
- Rattan Bay70
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 65
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 ft
- South Bay70
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 68
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 ft
- Hammock Point65
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Spotted seatrout 60
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 ft
- Rattan Spit64
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 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.