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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Gray snapper53
- Florida pompano52
- Red drum52
- Southern flounder52
- Crevalle jack49
- King mackerel46
- Spotted seatrout46
- Summer flounder45
- Black drum43
- Red snapper42
- Little tunny41
- Spanish mackerel40
- Gray triggerfish39
- Weakfish39
- Black sea bass38
- Gag grouper38
- Red grouper38
- Sheepshead36
- Cobia35
- Greater amberjack34
- Bluefish33
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 3911 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Tuesday, Sep 22 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
69Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Lupton Point
- Depth
- 1-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Lupton Point
Lupton Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and little tunny. 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
- Pasture Point69
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 59
5 kt NEL 4:43 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:29 AM · 0.5 ft
- Green Point69
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 59
5 kt NEL 4:43 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:29 AM · 0.5 ft
- Persimmon Point69
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 59
5 kt NEL 4:43 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:29 AM · 0.5 ft
- Parmalee Point69
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 59
5 kt NEL 4:43 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:29 AM · 0.5 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.