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Striped bassShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot66
- Little tunny64
- Bluefish61
- Southern flounder60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Weakfish60
- Florida pompano58
- Red drum58
- Black sea bass57
- Black drum55
- Gag grouper52
- Striped bass52
- Red snapper49
- Sheepshead48
- Summer flounder48
- King mackerel39
- Greater amberjack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Crevalle jack35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel33
- Cobia25
Best score today · 6 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 522 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-9 AMEbb 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
Sunday, Nov 8 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 8 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
61Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass 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 Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point
- Depth
- 2-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonStriped bass
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
Stumpy Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 2-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, southern flounder and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and striped bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Little tunny peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- 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
- The Straits76
Channel · 4.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 76
- Spotted seatrout 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
6 kt NEH 3:06 AM · 0.7 ftL 10:13 AM · 0.3 ft
- Grapevine Bay72
Bay · 4.7 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 72
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
6 kt NEH 3:06 AM · 0.7 ftL 10:13 AM · 0.3 ft
- Orange Point69
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Weakfish 67
- Bluefish 66
6 kt NEH 3:06 AM · 0.7 ftL 10:13 AM · 0.3 ft
- Cypress Point66
Cape · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Little tunny 64
6 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 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.