howsthebite · North Carolina
How's the bite in North Carolina today?
- Lockjaw
- Picky
- Biting
- On fire
5 tracked waters in NC. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.
| Index | Water | Temp | Level | Best window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Biting | Rocky River | 56.8°F | 2.05 ft | 4:01 AM–6:01 AM |
| 6 Biting | Chatuge Lake | — | 1918.53 ft | 4:19 AM–6:19 AM |
| 6 Biting | Fontana Lake | — | 1666.89 ft | 4:20 AM–6:20 AM |
| 6 Biting | Hatteras | 65.8°F | 1.352 ft | 3:46 AM–5:46 AM |
| 6 Biting | Hiwassee Lake | — | 1489.87 ft | 4:21 AM–6:21 AM |
Rebuilt 10:40 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.
Before you go
A North Carolina fishing licence runs $32 a year for residents. NCWRC sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a North Carolina fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish North Carolina without a licence →What you may keep
NC DMF sets a size or bag limit for 20 species here — 17 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
- American eel closed today
- Atlantic croaker
- Black drum
- Black sea bass
- Bluefish
- Cobia not stated
- Dolphin (mahi-mahi)
- Flounder (all species) closed today
- King mackerel
- Mullet (striped and white, combined)
- Red drum (channel bass, puppy drum)
- Scup
- Sheepshead
- Spanish mackerel
- Spiny dogfish
- Spot
- Spotted seatrout (speckled trout)
- Striped bass
- Wahoo
- Weakfish (gray trout)
Can you eat what you catch?
That call belongs to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) — an interactive map covers statewide and per-water advisories, including PFOS on the middle and lower Cape Fear. We link the source instead of paraphrasing health advice.
NCDHHS consumption advisories →