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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot75
- Florida pompano63
- Crevalle jack59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- King mackerel58
- Gray snapper57
- Red drum56
- Summer flounder55
- Southern flounder54
- Little tunny53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Black drum51
- Red snapper50
- Black sea bass49
- Gag grouper49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Red grouper48
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish46
- Cobia45
- Greater amberjack44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 467 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 75°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
61Season: 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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, black drum and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.
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 70
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 65
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pingleton Point75
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Florida pompano 63
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point75
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Florida pompano 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.