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- Best of all
- Spot67
- Atlantic croaker66
- Little tunny65
- Florida pompano63
- Spotted seatrout59
- Black sea bass57
- Red drum57
- Weakfish57
- Bluefish56
- Southern flounder55
- Gag grouper53
- Striped bass51
- Black drum50
- Summer flounder49
- Sheepshead48
- Red snapper46
- King mackerel42
- Greater amberjack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Crevalle jack35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper33
- Spanish mackerel33
- Cobia27
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 579 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Saturday, Nov 7 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 68°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Gum Point
- Depth
- 2-9 ftNearest water
- 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 Gum Point
Gum Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, spotted seatrout and black sea bass, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak 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
- Tooleys Creek72
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Red drum 64
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Battalina Creek72
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Red drum 64
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pungo Point67
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft
- Tooleys Point67
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 67
- Atlantic croaker 66
- Little tunny 65
6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 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.