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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot74
- Crevalle jack73
- Atlantic tarpon72
- Red drum72
- Southern flounder69
- Summer flounder68
- King mackerel67
- Gray snapper65
- Spotted seatrout64
- Black drum62
- Gray triggerfish58
- Red snapper58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Black sea bass57
- Cobia57
- Gag grouper57
- Red grouper56
- Weakfish56
- Sheepshead55
- Little tunny53
- Greater amberjack52
- Florida pompano49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5610 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Johnson Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Johnson Creek
Johnson Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, gray triggerfish, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Great Island Bay74
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 73
4 kt NNEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:26 PM · 1.4 ft
- Deer Pond72
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 71
4 kt NNEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:26 PM · 1.4 ft
- Douglas Point72
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
4 kt NNEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:26 PM · 1.4 ft
- Stone Point72
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
4 kt NNEL 1:15 PM · 0.5 ftH 7:26 PM · 1.4 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.