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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot78
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Florida pompano67
- Crevalle jack65
- Southern flounder65
- Red drum64
- Gray snapper62
- Spotted seatrout60
- Summer flounder59
- Spanish mackerel58
- Black drum57
- King mackerel57
- Little tunny51
- Gray triggerfish50
- Sheepshead50
- Black sea bass49
- Red snapper49
- Weakfish49
- Cobia48
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 498 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
19Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 82°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.6 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
Fate Cove
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Fate Cove
Fate Cove is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum 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
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- Spot 78
- Atlantic tarpon 69
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Little Porpoise Point75
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 65
4 kt NNWL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Sound Point72
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Spot 70
4 kt NNWH 10:56 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:17 PM · 0.3 ft
- Yaupon Hammock Point72
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Spot 70
4 kt NNWH 10:56 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:17 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.