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Cape · North Carolina

White Point

34.89°N · 76.33°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 8 AM · Weakfish

77/100Great
Now
595 AM EST
Best window
7-10 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.6 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 6 · 5 PM

Time5P
Score66Great
Tide0.2 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.7 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind7 kn Sgusts 17 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.6 ft · 9 s
Air temp70°Warm
WeatherOvercast44% chance of rain
Water68°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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 · 3 more weeks at peak

Weakfish season by week of the year. Peak season for Weakfish · 3 more weeks at peak.
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Spot profile

White Point

Depth
Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 White Point

White Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, black sea bass and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and red snapper. Little tunny peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Black sea bass 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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Bluefish
Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • 68
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 68
    • Spotted seatrout 66
    • Weakfish 64

    8 kt NEL 12:41 PM · 0.1 ftH 6:32 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Cross Shoal Channel

    Channel · 1.9 mi

    66
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 66
    • Red drum 65
    • Spotted seatrout 64

    11 kt NEL 12:41 PM · 0.1 ftH 6:32 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Barry Bay

    Bay · 2.0 mi

    65
    Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 65
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Red drum 63

    8 kt NEL 12:41 PM · 0.1 ftH 6:32 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Hall Point

    Cape · 1.7 mi

    63
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 63
    • Bluefish 62
    • Black sea bass 59

    8 kt NEL 12:41 PM · 0.1 ftH 6:32 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.