UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot70
- Crevalle jack68
- Atlantic tarpon67
- King mackerel67
- Gray snapper65
- Summer flounder64
- Red drum63
- Southern flounder61
- Spanish mackerel59
- Black drum58
- Florida pompano58
- Spotted seatrout57
- Sheepshead56
- Black sea bass54
- Cobia54
- Gray triggerfish54
- Little tunny54
- Red snapper54
- Gag grouper53
- Red grouper53
- Weakfish51
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5110 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
Notify me when Core Sound scores 75+
Checked every morning against the 14-day forecast. Free by push and email.
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
54Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt SEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.8 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
Core Sound
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Core Sound
Core Sound is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, black drum, Florida pompano and sheepshead. 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
- Cross Shoal Channel73
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
3 kt SEL 2:40 PM · 0.2 ftH 8:47 PM · 0.6 ft
- Gutter Creek73
Gut · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
3 kt SEL 2:40 PM · 0.2 ftH 8:47 PM · 0.6 ft
- Styron Bay70
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 68
3 kt SEL 2:40 PM · 0.2 ftH 8:47 PM · 0.6 ft
- Mill Point70
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Red drum 68
- Southern flounder 66
5 kt NNEL 2:40 PM · 0.2 ftH 8:47 PM · 0.6 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.