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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot60
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Red drum58
- Crevalle jack55
- Southern flounder52
- Gray snapper51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Summer flounder51
- King mackerel50
- Black drum49
- Red snapper45
- Florida pompano44
- Weakfish44
- Black sea bass42
- Gray triggerfish42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Cobia40
- Sheepshead39
- Spanish mackerel39
- Greater amberjack36
- Bluefish35
- Little tunny34
Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 442 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-1 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
22Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 11 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
68Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
The Swash
- Depth
- 1-3 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 The Swash
The Swash is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Florida pompano and weakfish. 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
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- Spot 61
- Atlantic tarpon 61
11 kt ESEH 7:30 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:10 PM · 0.4 ft
- Horse Island Cove61
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 60
- Atlantic tarpon 58
11 kt ESEH 7:30 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:10 PM · 0.4 ft
- Horse Island Point58
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Atlantic croaker 56
11 kt ESEH 7:30 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:10 PM · 0.4 ft
- Great Island Point58
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Atlantic croaker 56
11 kt ESEH 7:30 AM · 1.2 ftL 2:10 PM · 0.4 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.