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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot74
- Red drum62
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Florida pompano58
- Southern flounder58
- Crevalle jack57
- Gray snapper55
- Summer flounder55
- King mackerel53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Weakfish47
- Red snapper46
- Black drum45
- Cobia44
- Black sea bass43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead40
- Greater amberjack39
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 474 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.4 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 · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
32Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 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
Brooks Creek
- Depth
- 2-4 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 Brooks Creek
Brooks Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-4 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, weakfish, red snapper and black drum. 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
- Buxton Harbor Channel78
Channel · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 66
5 kt SL 9:49 AM · 0.9 ftH 4:32 PM · 3.3 ft
- Kings Channel77
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 68
5 kt SL 9:48 AM · 0.8 ftH 4:31 PM · 3.3 ft
- Kings Point69
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 58
5 kt SL 9:48 AM · 0.8 ftH 4:31 PM · 3.3 ft
- Brooks Point69
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 58
5 kt SL 9:48 AM · 0.8 ftH 4:31 PM · 3.3 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.