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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot79
- Crevalle jack77
- Atlantic tarpon76
- Gray snapper75
- King mackerel72
- Red drum72
- Summer flounder72
- Southern flounder71
- Spotted seatrout71
- Black drum66
- Spanish mackerel66
- Cobia63
- Sheepshead62
- Weakfish62
- Gag grouper61
- Gray triggerfish61
- Red snapper61
- Black sea bass60
- Little tunny60
- Red grouper60
- Florida pompano57
- Greater amberjack57
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 627 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 5 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
74Season: 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
- Off
- 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, cobia and sheepshead. 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
- Sandy Bay82
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 82
- Crevalle jack 79
9 kt NNEL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:03 PM · 0.7 ft
- Parched Corn Bay82
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 82
- Spot 82
- Atlantic tarpon 77
9 kt NNEL 11:57 AM · 0.3 ftH 6:50 PM · 0.7 ft
- Drain Point77
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 73
9 kt NEL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:03 PM · 0.7 ft
- Sandy Point77
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 73
9 kt NEL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ftH 5:03 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.