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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot73
- Crevalle jack67
- King mackerel67
- Florida pompano66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Gray snapper64
- Red drum64
- Little tunny63
- Spotted seatrout62
- Summer flounder62
- Southern flounder59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Black drum57
- Black sea bass55
- Gag grouper55
- Red snapper55
- Gray triggerfish54
- Red grouper54
- Weakfish53
- Greater amberjack52
- Sheepshead52
- Cobia51
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 538 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
60Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 78°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 2-10 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-10 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and black drum. 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
- Parched Corn Bay80
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 80
- Florida pompano 71
9 kt NEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Sandy Bay79
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 79
- Crevalle jack 72
9 kt NEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Stumpy Point Bay79
Bay · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 79
- Crevalle jack 69
10 kt NEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Drain Point73
Cape · 4.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 67
10 kt NEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 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.