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Sea Barnegat Inlet (New Jersey) — a spot well known among anglers. About 52 ha in area. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Saturday, September 5
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 00:00–05:00 and 23:00–23:00 (nighttime activity).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
In clear water, natural colors work best: soft-plastic jig or live bait.
It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 74 °F — inside the 61–79 °F comfort range for Black drum, so baseline activity is high.
Black drum feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.03 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
September is an active season for Black drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 2.5 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 2.5 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · feels like +78°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Recorded 1 catch here. Most commonly caught: Bluefish. Peak season: April.
Measured river conditions are available for Barnegat Inlet: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge Barnegat Bay at Barnegat Light NJ, 0.7 mi away · measured 2026-09-04 14:37 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision