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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot60
- Crevalle jack57
- Gray snapper56
- King mackerel54
- Summer flounder54
- Red drum53
- Black sea bass52
- Black drum50
- Red snapper49
- Gray triggerfish47
- Weakfish46
- Gag grouper45
- Red grouper45
- Sheepshead45
- Greater amberjack41
- Spanish mackerel40
- Little tunny35
- Bluefish34
- Cobia34
- Florida pompano34
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 469 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
15Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.9 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
78Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Horse Island Channel
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- 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 Horse Island Channel
Horse Island Channel is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black sea bass, black drum, red snapper and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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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- Crevalle jack 57
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- Oyster Rocks63
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- Gray snapper 58
- Red snapper 58
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- Wallace Channel62
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- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 57
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- Haulover Point54
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- Spot 54
- King mackerel 53
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 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.