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Cape · North Carolina

Duncan Point

35.22°N · 75.67°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
593 PM EST
Best window
5-6 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding3.3 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 6 · 10 AM

Time10A
Score68Great
Tide0.6 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb1.9 kn · toward SSE
Wind9 kn SSWgusts 11 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.3 ft · 7 s
Air temp73°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water70°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

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When Weakfish is best here

Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak

Weakfish season by week of the year. Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

Duncan Point

Depth
2-5 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Peak 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 Duncan Point

Duncan Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, little tunny and red drum. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, little tunny, red drum and bluefish, and shoulder season for striped bass, Atlantic croaker, spot and summer flounder. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. 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.
Florida pompano
Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Egg Shoal

    Bar · 3.5 mi

    81
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 81
    • Florida pompano 77
    • Bluefish 76

    10 kt SEH 4:44 PM · 0.8 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Old Rollinson Channel

    Channel · 2.5 mi

    77
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 77
    • Weakfish 77
    • Black sea bass 72

    10 kt SEH 4:44 PM · 0.8 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Durant Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    76
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 76
    • Bluefish 72
    • Striped bass 71

    10 kt SEH 4:44 PM · 0.8 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Sandy Bay

    Bay · 0.6 mi

    74
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 74
    • Florida pompano 73
    • Bluefish 72

    10 kt SEH 4:44 PM · 0.8 ftL 11:29 PM · 0.5 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.