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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot73
- Crevalle jack70
- King mackerel70
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Gray snapper66
- Red drum65
- Summer flounder65
- Little tunny63
- Black sea bass62
- Gray triggerfish62
- Red snapper62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Black drum61
- Gag grouper61
- Southern flounder61
- Red grouper60
- Spanish mackerel59
- Sheepshead58
- Cobia56
- Greater amberjack56
- Weakfish55
- Florida pompano52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 5510 AM EDT
- Best window
- 10 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
59Season: 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for little tunny, black sea bass, gray triggerfish and red snapper. 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
- Pains Bay78
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Crevalle jack 78
- Spot 78
11 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Rawls Point73
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Crevalle jack 73
- King mackerel 73
11 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pingleton Point73
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 70
11 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point73
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 70
11 kt ENEL 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.