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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker54
- Spot54
- Summer flounder54
- Atlantic tarpon53
- Crevalle jack53
- Southern flounder53
- Gray snapper50
- Red drum49
- Spotted seatrout48
- King mackerel47
- Florida pompano45
- Little tunny44
- Sheepshead44
- Weakfish44
- Black drum43
- Cobia43
- Spanish mackerel42
- Black sea bass40
- Gag grouper38
- Gray triggerfish38
- Red grouper38
- Red snapper37
- Greater amberjack36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4411 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMDusk
Data from: ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 2 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
11Light: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: 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 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
Chocowinity Bay
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Chocowinity Bay
Chocowinity Bay is a bay in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and summer flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, sheepshead and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Summer flounder peak from September through October.
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
- Coon Gut58
Gut · 4.2 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 58
- Atlantic croaker 57
- Summer flounder 57
2 kt NNW
- Blounts Bay54
Bay · 6.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Spot 54
- Summer flounder 54
2 kt NNW
- Austin Point49
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 49
- Summer flounder 49
- Atlantic tarpon 49
2 kt NNW
- Red Bug Point49
Cape · 6.7 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 49
- Summer flounder 49
- Atlantic tarpon 49
2 kt NNW
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.