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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Florida pompano62
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum60
- Gray snapper58
- King mackerel58
- Southern flounder57
- Little tunny55
- Spanish mackerel54
- Summer flounder54
- Black drum53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Gray triggerfish51
- Black sea bass50
- Gag grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Red grouper49
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack44
- Cobia43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 458 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
81Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
37Wind: 16 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
38Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Pains Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Pains Point
Pains Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 Florida pompano, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and black drum. 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
- Pains Bay80
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 80
- Florida pompano 71
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Rawls Point75
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Florida pompano 66
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pingleton Point74
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 63
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point74
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 63
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 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.