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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot77
- Crevalle jack65
- Florida pompano64
- Red drum63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- King mackerel60
- Summer flounder59
- Southern flounder58
- Gray snapper56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum53
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Cobia48
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Weakfish48
- Sheepshead45
- Greater amberjack44
- Little tunny44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 489 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
26Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Lewis Creek
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Lewis Creek
Lewis Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, black sea bass 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
- Pasture Creek78
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 77
- Crevalle jack 65
10 kt NEL 3:37 PM · 0.1 ftH 9:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Willis Creek78
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 77
- Crevalle jack 65
10 kt NEL 3:37 PM · 0.1 ftH 9:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Green Point72
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 64
10 kt NEL 3:37 PM · 0.1 ftH 9:38 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cedar Point72
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 64
10 kt NEL 3:37 PM · 0.1 ftH 9:38 PM · 0.7 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.