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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Summer flounder62
- Crevalle jack61
- King mackerel60
- Gray snapper59
- Black drum58
- Red drum58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Southern flounder56
- Florida pompano54
- Little tunny53
- Black sea bass52
- Gag grouper52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Red snapper52
- Red grouper51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Sheepshead50
- Cobia47
- Greater amberjack47
- Weakfish44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4412 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
50Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
53Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 today
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
Devil Shoals
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Devil Shoals
Devil Shoals is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, 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 summer flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and little tunny. 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
- Buxton Harbor Channel77
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 73
4 kt SEH 4:32 PM · 3.3 ftL 11:02 PM · 1.0 ft
- Cape Channel72
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Spot 69
4 kt SEL 1:39 PM · 0.2 ftH 7:53 PM · 0.5 ft
- Canadian Hole72
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 70
4 kt SEH 4:32 PM · 3.3 ftL 11:02 PM · 1.0 ft
- Brooks Point68
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Crevalle jack 66
4 kt SEH 4:31 PM · 3.3 ftL 11:01 PM · 0.9 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.