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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Red drum64
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Crevalle jack58
- Southern flounder58
- Florida pompano57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Gray snapper54
- Summer flounder54
- King mackerel53
- Black drum50
- Red snapper45
- Weakfish45
- Cobia43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Black sea bass42
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper41
- Sheepshead40
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 459 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
14Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
66Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
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
Pasture Creek
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Pasture Creek
Pasture Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
- Lewis Creek75
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Red drum 64
4 kt ESEL 3:45 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:44 AM · 0.5 ft
- Willis Creek75
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Red drum 64
4 kt ESEL 3:45 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:44 AM · 0.5 ft
- Cedar Point70
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Red drum 64
4 kt ESEL 3:45 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:44 AM · 0.5 ft
- Green Point70
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Red drum 64
4 kt ESEL 3:45 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:44 AM · 0.5 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.