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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Florida pompano68
- Spotted seatrout62
- Weakfish62
- Red drum61
- Little tunny60
- Southern flounder59
- Black sea bass56
- Bluefish56
- Black drum54
- Summer flounder54
- Gag grouper53
- Sheepshead52
- Striped bass48
- Red snapper46
- King mackerel41
- Crevalle jack40
- Greater amberjack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia32
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 6210 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Friday, Nov 13 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
88Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
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
Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Spencer Bay
- Depth
- 6-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak 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 Spencer Bay
Spencer Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 6-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
- Striking Bay72
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Florida pompano 68
5 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- Marsh Rock Creek71
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Southern flounder 64
5 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- Short Point66
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Little tunny 64
5 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 0.6 ft
- Long Point66
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Little tunny 64
5 kt NEL 3:22 PM · 0.3 ftH 10:04 PM · 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.