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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Red drum66
- Southern flounder66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Crevalle jack63
- Gray snapper60
- Summer flounder60
- King mackerel59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Weakfish54
- Black drum53
- Florida pompano52
- Red snapper52
- Cobia50
- Gray triggerfish50
- Black sea bass49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Sheepshead47
- Greater amberjack44
- Little tunny42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 4 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 543 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
57Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt SSEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: 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
Shingle Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftNearest water
- 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 Shingle Creek
Shingle Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 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 southern flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, Florida pompano and red snapper. 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
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- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
7 kt SSEH 4:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:57 AM · 0.6 ft
- Cockrel Creek73
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Spot 70
7 kt SSEH 4:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:57 AM · 0.6 ft
- Terrapin Shoal71
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Red drum 68
- Southern flounder 65
7 kt SSEH 4:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:57 AM · 0.6 ft
- Legged Lump65
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
7 kt SSEH 4:55 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:57 AM · 0.6 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.