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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot67
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Red drum63
- Crevalle jack61
- Gray snapper61
- Southern flounder59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Summer flounder56
- Florida pompano55
- Black drum53
- King mackerel53
- Weakfish50
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Black sea bass46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Sheepshead46
- Cobia45
- Gag grouper45
- Red grouper45
- Little tunny42
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5012 AM EDT
- Best window
- 12-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
20Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 19 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cow Hole Bay
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Cow Hole Bay
Cow Hole Bay is a bay in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-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, black drum, weakfish and red snapper. 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
- Holly Point64
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- Dixon Creek Point64
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- Clark Point64
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- Old Field Point64
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 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.