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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Crevalle jack59
- Gray snapper59
- Red drum59
- Summer flounder53
- King mackerel52
- Black drum50
- Southern flounder50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Red snapper48
- Spanish mackerel48
- Gray triggerfish46
- Black sea bass45
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish45
- Florida pompano44
- Gag grouper44
- Red grouper44
- Little tunny42
- Cobia40
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 452 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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, Sep 28 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
74Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable 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 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
Jenkins Cove
- Depth
- Up to 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 Jenkins Cove
Jenkins Cove is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 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 black drum, red snapper, Spanish mackerel and gray triggerfish. 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
- North Cove63
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Little Porpoise Bay63
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Big Porpoise Bay63
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 60
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Sage Point58
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Spot 56
- Gray snapper 55
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 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.