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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Gray snapper64
- Southern flounder64
- Red drum63
- Crevalle jack61
- King mackerel61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Black drum58
- Summer flounder58
- Red snapper56
- Florida pompano54
- Little tunny54
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Weakfish53
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper52
- Sheepshead51
- Spanish mackerel51
- Cobia49
- Greater amberjack47
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 535 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 3 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 76°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
66Season: PeakHabitat: 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Florida pompano and little tunny. 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 Bay75
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 74
8 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Rawls Point70
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
- Spot 69
8 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Pingleton Point70
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 67
6 kt ENEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point70
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 67
6 kt ENEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 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.