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- Best of all
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Florida pompano69
- Weakfish66
- Little tunny65
- Red drum64
- Spotted seatrout64
- Southern flounder60
- Summer flounder59
- Bluefish58
- Black sea bass57
- Striped bass54
- Black drum53
- Gag grouper53
- Sheepshead53
- King mackerel46
- Crevalle jack45
- Red snapper45
- Greater amberjack41
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 662 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.1 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
82Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 2 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
99Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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 · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Terrapin Creek Bay
- Depth
- 2-3 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 Terrapin Creek Bay
Terrapin Creek Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-3 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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, weakfish, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, summer flounder and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- 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
- Pea Island Bay70
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Florida pompano 69
6 kt ENEL 9:03 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:06 AM · 1.0 ft
- The Trench70
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Red drum 69
6 kt ENEL 9:03 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:06 AM · 1.0 ft
- Goose Island Point69
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Little tunny 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
6 kt ENEL 9:03 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:06 AM · 1.0 ft
- Dulls Point68
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 68
- Florida pompano 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
6 kt ENEL 9:03 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:06 AM · 1.0 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.