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United States / North Carolina / Striped bass

Striped bass bite in North Carolina

Recorded 10 catches of Striped bass in North Carolina. Most active — year-round. A day-by-day bite calendar for Striped bass.

Striped bass bite forecast in North Carolina today

Best fishing days for the next week

  1. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    87/100high activity

    Drizzle: 61–77 °F

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

  2. FridaySeptember 4weather-based forecast
    86/100high activity

    Cloudy: 68–91 °F

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

  3. SaturdaySeptember 5weather-based forecast
    79/100high activity

    Clear: 68–90 °F

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

Map of waters and catches

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Where it's caught

  • Kings Mountain Reservoir1 catch
  • Lake Tillery1 catch
  • Perquimans River1 catch
  • Pasquotank River1 catch
  • Brunswick River1 catch
  • Pamlico River1 catch

Catches

  • Striped bass
    North Carolina, Wake County
    70 °F2 mph
    Apr 26, 2018
  • Striped bass
    Kings Mountain Reservoir

Other fish in North Carolina

  • Largemouth bass91 catches
  • Blue catfish10 catches
  • Flathead catfish10 catches

Striped bass bite calendar

Wednesday, September 2

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–09:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: swimbait or live bait.

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 72 °F — inside the 61–75 °F comfort range for Striped bass, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 61–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 61–75 °F72 °F
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Striped bass works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Striped bass feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.00 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.

Pressure through the day, 0.00 inHg change
00:00 · 30.0423:00 · 30.04 inHg

September is peak season for Striped bass here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

2 SepWednesday, September 2
+83°

Clear · feels like +88°

Low / high
+73°…+86°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
5 mph ENE
Cloud cover
1%
Humidity
49%
Pressure
30.12 inHg
00:00+75°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph52%0%
01:00+74°—6 mphwest wind, 6 mph55%0%
02:00+75°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph54%0%
03:00+75°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph52%0%
04:00+74°—8 mphnorthwest wind, 8 mph54%0%
05:00+74°—7 mphnorthwest wind, 7 mph49%0%
06:00+73°—6 mphnorthwest wind, 6 mph50%0%
07:00+73°—5 mphnorthwest wind, 5 mph49%0%
08:00+74°—3 mphnorthwest wind, 3 mph54%0%
09:00+78°—0 mphnorthwest wind, 0 mph55%0%
10:00+80°—4 mpheast wind, 4 mph54%1%
11:00+82°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph49%1%
12:00+83°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph49%1%
13:00+84°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph48%8%
14:00+85°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph47%4%
15:00+86°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph46%13%
16:00+86°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph46%19%
17:00+86°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph45%3%
18:00+85°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph45%3%
19:00+84°—4 mpheast wind, 4 mph45%0%
20:00+81°—1 mphnortheast wind, 1 mph47%4%
21:00+79°—4 mphnorth wind, 4 mph46%1%
22:00+79°—4 mphnorth wind, 4 mph45%0%
23:00+78°—4 mphnorth wind, 4 mph45%100%
+86°+80°+73°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 2
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
07:02
Sunset
19:54
Day length
12 h 52 min
Sunshine hours
11 h 54 min
UV index
6
high
Moon
Waning gibbous
Moonrise
22:50
Moonset
12:49

The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+14% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:25–06:25Moon overhead
  • Minor12:19–13:19Moonset
  • Major16:52–18:52Moon underfoot
  • Minor22:20–23:20Moonrise

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?
72 °F
11 mph
Apr 13, 2018, 5:08 PM
  • Striped bass
    North Carolina, Wake County
    48 °F2 mph
    Mar 24, 2018
  • Striped bass
    Lake Tillery
    41 °F2 mph
    Jan 16, 2018
  • Striped bass
    Perquimans River
    63 °F7 mph
    Jan 11, 2018
  • Striped bass
    North Carolina, Wayne County
    25 °F13 mph
    Jan 01, 2018
  • Striped bass
    North Carolina, Wake County
    27 °F9 mph
    Dec 31, 2017
  • Striped bass
    Pasquotank River
    59 °F4 mph
    Nov 21, 2017
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