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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot73
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout68
- Florida pompano65
- Southern flounder64
- Weakfish64
- Black sea bass59
- Bluefish58
- Little tunny58
- Black drum57
- Gag grouper55
- Summer flounder55
- Sheepshead50
- Red snapper48
- Striped bass48
- King mackerel43
- Crevalle jack42
- Greater amberjack40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Cobia34
- Spanish mackerel33
Best score today · 3 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 646 PM EST
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.7 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
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 6 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Back Creek
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Back Creek
Back Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
- Middletown Anchorage77
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 77
- Atlantic croaker 75
- Florida pompano 71
6 kt NEL 12:32 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:02 AM · 0.7 ft
- Lone Tree Creek73
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Red drum 70
6 kt NEL 12:32 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:02 AM · 0.7 ft
- Hillerys Cove73
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 70
6 kt NEL 12:32 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:02 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gibbs Shoal72
Bar · 3.1 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 72
- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
6 kt NEL 12:32 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:02 AM · 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.