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Striped bassShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- Red drum67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Little tunny66
- Florida pompano64
- Southern flounder61
- Weakfish59
- Black sea bass58
- Bluefish58
- Black drum57
- Gag grouper55
- Summer flounder55
- Striped bass54
- Sheepshead49
- Red snapper48
- King mackerel43
- Greater amberjack38
- Crevalle jack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper34
- Spanish mackerel34
- Cobia28
Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 548 AM EST
- Best window
- 2-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
89Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 6 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
93Water temp: 67°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
64Season: 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
Deep Point
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Deep Point
Deep Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 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 red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, little tunny and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
- Fisherman Bay74
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Florida pompano 69
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Maw Bay71
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 71
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 66
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Maw Point Shoal70
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 70
- Spot 66
- Atlantic croaker 65
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Maw Point68
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Little tunny 66
9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 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.