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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot65
- Little tunny62
- Florida pompano61
- Black sea bass56
- Bluefish54
- Spotted seatrout54
- Weakfish54
- Red drum53
- Gag grouper52
- Southern flounder51
- Black drum49
- Sheepshead48
- Summer flounder48
- Striped bass46
- Red snapper45
- King mackerel39
- Greater amberjack36
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack33
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Gray snapper30
- Spanish mackerel29
- Cobia26
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5410 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Monday, Nov 16 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 10 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 65°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
75Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Hogpen Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- 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 Hogpen Point
Hogpen Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Little tunny peak from October 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
- Mouse Harbor74
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 72
- Florida pompano 67
9 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- House Cove70
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 66
9 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- Shell Hill Point65
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 62
9 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- House Cove Point65
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Little tunny 62
9 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 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.