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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Crevalle jack71
- Red drum69
- Atlantic tarpon68
- King mackerel65
- Southern flounder65
- Summer flounder65
- Gray snapper63
- Black drum61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Gray triggerfish57
- Red snapper57
- Black sea bass56
- Cobia56
- Gag grouper56
- Red grouper56
- Spanish mackerel54
- Sheepshead53
- Weakfish52
- Greater amberjack51
- Little tunny49
- Florida pompano46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5210 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
73Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
88Wind: 11 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Back Creek
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 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 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, gray triggerfish, red snapper and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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
- Middletown Anchorage75
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Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 75
- Atlantic croaker 74
- Crevalle jack 73
11 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Lone Tree Creek73
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Crevalle jack 73
- Spot 72
11 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Hillerys Cove73
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Crevalle jack 73
- Spot 72
11 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Gibbs Shoal63
Bar · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Crevalle jack 63
- King mackerel 63
11 kt NEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 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.