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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot76
- Red drum66
- Florida pompano63
- Crevalle jack61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Gray snapper59
- Southern flounder59
- Summer flounder56
- King mackerel54
- Spanish mackerel52
- Black drum51
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Gray triggerfish46
- Gag grouper45
- Red snapper45
- Weakfish45
- Black sea bass44
- Red grouper44
- Little tunny43
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish34
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 458 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.4 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
22Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 5 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 82°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
64Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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
Peters Cove
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Peters Cove
Peters Cove is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and cobia. 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
- The Narrows82
Channel · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 77
- Red drum 67
5 kt SL 10:22 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ft
- Henry Hills Harbor80
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Florida pompano 64
5 kt SL 10:22 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ft
- East Bay76
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 74
- Red drum 70
5 kt SL 10:22 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ft
- Deep Hole Point71
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Red drum 61
5 kt SL 10:22 AM · 0.3 ftH 8:33 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.