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WeakfishPeak season

Cape · North Carolina

Greens Point

35.61°N · 75.46°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 9 AM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
527 AM EST
Best window
8-11 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High0.8 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score52Good
Tide0.8 ftHigh
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind12 kn SSEgusts 15 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.4 ft · 6 s
Air temp72°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water65°FObserved

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

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

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

Greens Point

Depth
2-30 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · slope
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 Greens Point

Greens Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, little tunny and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, little tunny, bluefish and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, striped bass and red snapper. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.

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

  • Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Spot 66
    • Florida pompano 63

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Florida pompano 66
    • Spot 66

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Round Hammock Bay

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Spot 65
    • Florida pompano 63

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Green Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    63
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 63
    • Little tunny 61
    • Atlantic croaker 60

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 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.