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- Best of all
- Spot75
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spotted seatrout73
- Weakfish72
- Red drum71
- Florida pompano69
- Little tunny68
- Southern flounder68
- Black sea bass65
- Black drum64
- Bluefish63
- Summer flounder63
- Gag grouper61
- Sheepshead60
- Striped bass57
- Red snapper54
- King mackerel51
- Crevalle jack49
- Greater amberjack45
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 728 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
54Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: 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
Peak season for Weakfish · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Striking Bay
- Depth
- 1-5 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 Striking Bay
Striking 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 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Lightwood Snag Bay75
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 75
- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spotted seatrout 73
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ft
- Spencer Bay73
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Spotted seatrout 73
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ft
- Short Point72
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ft
- Long Point72
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
6 kt NNEH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ftL 2:30 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.