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Striped bassShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spot61
- Red drum58
- Black sea bass56
- Weakfish55
- Florida pompano53
- Striped bass51
- Black drum50
- Bluefish50
- Little tunny47
- Gag grouper46
- Summer flounder46
- Sheepshead44
- Red snapper43
- Red grouper34
- Gray triggerfish33
- King mackerel33
- Crevalle jack32
- Gray snapper32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Greater amberjack30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Spanish mackerel23
- Cobia12
Best score today · 5 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 519 PM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
40Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.2 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
49Season: 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 today
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
Wainwright Slue
- Depth
- 2-6 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 Wainwright Slue
Wainwright Slue is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-6 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 red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, black sea bass, weakfish and Florida pompano, 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. 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
- Camp Point66
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Florida pompano 60
- Little tunny 60
12 kt NEL 11:02 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:42 PM · 0.3 ft
- Cowpen Point66
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Little tunny 60
- Florida pompano 59
12 kt NEL 11:02 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:42 PM · 0.3 ft
- Hog Island Reef65
Bar · 2.1 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 65
- Red drum 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
12 kt NEL 11:02 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:42 PM · 0.3 ft
- Kingfish Shoal60
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 60
- Bluefish 57
- Spot 55
12 kt NEL 11:02 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:42 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.