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Cape · North Carolina

Lookout Point

34.92°N · 76.30°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
632 PM EST
Best window
2-5 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.3 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Saturday, Nov 7 · 6 AM

Time6A
Score66Great
Tide0.3 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind4 kn WNWgusts 12 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.9 ft · 8 s
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy75% cloud
Water69°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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

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When Weakfish is best here

Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak

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Spot profile

Lookout Point

Depth
1-6 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Outer · 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 Lookout Point

Lookout Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, black sea bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, black sea bass, bluefish and gag grouper, and shoulder season for striped bass, Atlantic croaker, spot and red snapper. Little tunny peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December.

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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Hall Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Black sea bass 68
    • Bluefish 67

    9 kt ENEH 5:34 PM · 0.7 ftL 12:28 AM · 0.2 ft

  • South Point

    Cape · 2.0 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Red drum 73
    • Spotted seatrout 71

    9 kt ENEH 8:42 PM · 0.3 ftL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ft

  • Rumley Bay

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    69
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 69
    • Red drum 68

    9 kt ENEH 5:34 PM · 0.7 ftL 12:28 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Thorofare Bay

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    69
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 69
    • Red drum 68

    9 kt ENEH 5:34 PM · 0.7 ftL 12:28 AM · 0.2 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.