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Channel · North Carolina

Browns Inlet

34.60°N · 77.23°W · Channel · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 7 AM · Weakfish

79/100Great
Now
6912 PM EST
Best window
12-9 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding2.2 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 6 · 10 AM

Time10A
Score73Great
Tide0.7 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind7 kn SSWgusts 13 · steady
Sea stateModerate3.1 ft · 7 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water69°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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When Weakfish is best here

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Spot profile

Browns Inlet

Depth
3-9 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Inlet · Outer · ExposedInlet · 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 Browns Inlet

Browns Inlet is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, little tunny and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for black sea bass, little tunny, Florida pompano and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, summer flounder, spot and sheepshead. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. 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.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Banks Channel

    Channel · 0.5 mi

    74
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 74
    • Weakfish 69
    • Atlantic croaker 68

    8 kt EH 2:45 PM · 3.4 ftL 9:10 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Sanders Creek

    Gut · 3.5 mi

    73
    Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 73
    • Red drum 70
    • Weakfish 69

    6 kt ENEH 2:42 PM · 2.5 ftL 9:08 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Browns Sound

    Bay · 0.3 mi

    71
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 71
    • Little tunny 70
    • Black sea bass 69

    8 kt EH 2:45 PM · 3.4 ftL 9:10 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Onslow Bay

    Bay · 0.7 mi

    71
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 71
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 69

    8 kt EH 2:45 PM · 3.4 ftL 9:10 PM · 0.3 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.