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Striped bassShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot64
- Spotted seatrout59
- Florida pompano57
- Little tunny57
- Red drum57
- Weakfish56
- Bluefish55
- Southern flounder53
- Striped bass51
- Black sea bass50
- Black drum47
- Gag grouper46
- Red snapper43
- Summer flounder43
- Sheepshead42
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper33
- Atlantic tarpon32
- Gray triggerfish32
- Greater amberjack32
- Gray snapper31
- Crevalle jack29
- Spanish mackerel25
- Cobia21
Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 519 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 3 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
65Season: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Shoulder season for Striped bass · 3 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Fork Point
- Depth
- 1-3 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Fork Point
Fork Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, Florida pompano, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, striped bass and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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
- Hamilton Point67
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 67
- Red drum 66
- Atlantic croaker 63
5 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Bulah Point64
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
- Spotted seatrout 59
5 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Graveyard Point64
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
- Spotted seatrout 59
5 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Skate Point63
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 60
9 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 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.