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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot74
- Spotted seatrout74
- Weakfish74
- Red drum72
- Florida pompano71
- Black sea bass68
- Southern flounder68
- Black drum65
- Summer flounder64
- Little tunny62
- Gag grouper59
- Sheepshead59
- Striped bass57
- Bluefish56
- Red snapper52
- Crevalle jack50
- King mackerel49
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 745 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 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
Thursday, Nov 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
100Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Great Island Narrows
- Depth
- 6-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Great Island Narrows
Great Island Narrows is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 6-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
- 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
- Crab Cove80
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 80
- Red drum 77
- Weakfish 77
5 kt ENEH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:37 AM · 0.3 ft
- Outer Point78
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Red drum 73
- Spotted seatrout 73
5 kt ENEH 8:42 PM · 0.3 ftL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ft
- Middle Point78
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Spotted seatrout 75
- Red drum 73
5 kt ENEH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:37 AM · 0.3 ft
- Drum Point78
Cape · 2.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 78
- Spotted seatrout 75
- Red drum 73
5 kt ENEH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:37 AM · 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.