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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot68
- Crevalle jack67
- Gray snapper67
- Atlantic tarpon66
- Red drum65
- King mackerel62
- Summer flounder62
- Spotted seatrout59
- Southern flounder58
- Black drum56
- Red snapper56
- Spanish mackerel54
- Weakfish54
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish52
- Sheepshead52
- Gag grouper51
- Red grouper51
- Cobia50
- Little tunny50
- Florida pompano49
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 541 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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 · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
89Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: 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 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
Point of Island Bay
- 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 Point of Island Bay
Point of Island Bay 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Spanish mackerel and weakfish. 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
- Newstump Bay70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 68
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Dowdy Bay70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Dowdy Point63
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Gray snapper 62
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Newstump Point63
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Gray snapper 62
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 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.