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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker82
- Spot82
- Atlantic tarpon76
- Red drum76
- Southern flounder76
- Crevalle jack73
- Spotted seatrout73
- Summer flounder68
- King mackerel67
- Florida pompano66
- Gray snapper66
- Black drum64
- Spanish mackerel60
- Cobia59
- Weakfish59
- Black sea bass56
- Gag grouper56
- Gray triggerfish56
- Red snapper56
- Little tunny55
- Red grouper55
- Sheepshead53
- Greater amberjack52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 599 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
42Wind: 11 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
69Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 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
Deep Bend
- Depth
- About 1 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 Deep Bend
Deep Bend is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and cobia. 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
- Nameless Bay82
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 82
- Red drum 76
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Merkle Bay82
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 82
- Red drum 76
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Tump Point78
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 77
- Atlantic tarpon 71
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Deep Bend Point77
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Red drum 76
- Southern flounder 76
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 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.