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WeakfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Southern flounder63
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum60
- Gray snapper59
- Summer flounder58
- Spotted seatrout57
- Black drum56
- King mackerel56
- Spanish mackerel53
- Sheepshead51
- Cobia50
- Florida pompano50
- Gray triggerfish49
- Little tunny49
- Black sea bass48
- Gag grouper48
- Red snapper48
- Red grouper47
- Weakfish46
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 4612 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
81Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
23Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 19 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 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 Stumpy Point Bay
Stumpy Point Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-9 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, sheepshead and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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 Bay70
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
3 kt ESEL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Sandy Bay68
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 68
- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
3 kt ESEL 12:51 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:03 PM · 0.6 ft
- Drain Point63
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 61
- Southern flounder 61
4 kt EL 12:51 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:03 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sandy Point63
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 61
- Southern flounder 61
4 kt EL 12:51 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:03 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.