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Striped bassShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot68
- Weakfish67
- Black sea bass66
- Florida pompano66
- Red drum66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Bluefish63
- Little tunny63
- Summer flounder61
- Striped bass59
- Black drum58
- Southern flounder58
- Gag grouper57
- Sheepshead54
- Red snapper50
- King mackerel48
- Crevalle jack47
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia33
Best score today · 6 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 592 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
83Wind: 11 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
83Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
50Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Blair Channel
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Blair Channel
Blair Channel is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and weakfish. It is peak season now for weakfish, black sea bass, Florida pompano and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and striped bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Weakfish 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
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- Little tunny 70
- Bluefish 67
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- Haulover Point72
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- Florida pompano 67
- Bluefish 66
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- Horse Island Channel69
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- Weakfish 69
- Red drum 68
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- Wallace Channel68
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Weakfish 68
- Florida pompano 67
11 kt EL 8:07 PM · 0.4 ftH 2:12 AM · 1.9 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.