Good morning, anglers—this is Artificial Lure, bringing you today’s fishing report for Atlantic Ocean waters and the surrounding coast of North Carolina on October 27, 2025.
Sunrise this Monday was at 7:26 AM and sunset will be at 6:13 PM. We’re sitting right in prime fall conditions, with water temperatures dropping—recent reports off Bogue Inlet Pier showed the surf hovering around 74 degrees, excellent for both inshore and pier action. The weather is overcast with a stiff breeze building into gusts later today ahead of a coastal storm, so keep an eye on the clouds and expect patches of drizzle and a rising tide, especially into the afternoon, which can stir up bait and trigger feeding frenzies. Tidal charts say we saw low tide right around 5:12 AM, next high at 3:14 PM, and another low rolling in at 10:07 PM, according to NOAA.
Fish activity is on the upswing—local piers, especially Atlantic Beach, Bogue Inlet, and areas around Morehead City, have recorded steady catches of king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, and sea mullet. This past week, anglers have landed king mackerel in the 25- to 46-pound range, with Spanish mack and blues coming in at 4–5 pounds. Speckled trout are showing up in decent numbers, 1–2 pounds apiece, with the bite best on outgoing tide and when the water’s moving. Spots and sea mullet are ramping up, great action for lighter tackle.
Red drum are starting to push through, especially after the weekend’s NCBBA Red Drum Tournament down Hatteras Island, with locals on the surf seeing more slot-size fish. There are hot rumors of early bluefin tuna spooking through Oak Island’s shoals—folks prepping for the December run are getting restless as a few fish have been sighted in shallow, but the main wave is still a few weeks out.
Best baits for this transition period: Gotcha plugs, live mullet, and fresh shrimp for pier and surf. If you’re chasing king mackerel, slow-trolled live menhaden or rigged cigar minnows are the standby. For trout, cast jigheads tipped with Gulp! shrimp or MirrOlure twitchbaits—chartreuse and pink are hot colors right now. Spanish and blues are smashing silver spoons and feather rigs off the ends of the piers. Drum are taking cut mullet and fresh shrimp in the troughs. If you’re working deeper structure, the Strike King Pro Model Series 5 deep diving crankbait and shad-color squarebills have been pulling in late-season stripers and blues—especially on outgoing tide as bait gets swept out.
Top lures: Besides your live and cut baits, frogs and popping soft plastics are top picks for exploring shallow marsh and grass around the sounds, especially as the post-spawn bass cling to cover, according to Bradley Roy on the Bass Pro Tour. Trolling stretches and Rapala X-Raps offshore can add variety to your spread and up your chances for mahi and late-season swordfish, as reported by boats running out of Morehead and Oak Island.
Today’s hotspots:
- Bogue Inlet Pier: consistent multi-species catches, especially on rising tide and dusk.
- Cape Lookout: solid slot drum, some trout, and mackerel near the jetty and soundside flats.
- Hatteras Surf: larger drum, trout, spots, and occasional pompano—check structure, especially as tide shifts.
Tournament season is in full swing. Atlantic Beach King Mackerel Saltwater Slam runs through October 25, and the Fall Brawl King Classic is just days away at Ocean Isle. These events are pulling in bigger, more competitive fish—now’s the time if you want a crack at the leaderboard.
Quick tips: Move around to find roaming schools, switch up lures if the bite slows, and watch that rising tide for bait movement. With the weather swinging, mornings and late afternoons as the tide pushes up are your best windows for active fish.
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Sunrise this Monday was at 7:26 AM and sunset will be at 6:13 PM. We’re sitting right in prime fall conditions, with water temperatures dropping—recent reports off Bogue Inlet Pier showed the surf hovering around 74 degrees, excellent for both inshore and pier action. The weather is overcast with a stiff breeze building into gusts later today ahead of a coastal storm, so keep an eye on the clouds and expect patches of drizzle and a rising tide, especially into the afternoon, which can stir up bait and trigger feeding frenzies. Tidal charts say we saw low tide right around 5:12 AM, next high at 3:14 PM, and another low rolling in at 10:07 PM, according to NOAA.
Fish activity is on the upswing—local piers, especially Atlantic Beach, Bogue Inlet, and areas around Morehead City, have recorded steady catches of king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, and sea mullet. This past week, anglers have landed king mackerel in the 25- to 46-pound range, with Spanish mack and blues coming in at 4–5 pounds. Speckled trout are showing up in decent numbers, 1–2 pounds apiece, with the bite best on outgoing tide and when the water’s moving. Spots and sea mullet are ramping up, great action for lighter tackle.
Red drum are starting to push through, especially after the weekend’s NCBBA Red Drum Tournament down Hatteras Island, with locals on the surf seeing more slot-size fish. There are hot rumors of early bluefin tuna spooking through Oak Island’s shoals—folks prepping for the December run are getting restless as a few fish have been sighted in shallow, but the main wave is still a few weeks out.
Best baits for this transition period: Gotcha plugs, live mullet, and fresh shrimp for pier and surf. If you’re chasing king mackerel, slow-trolled live menhaden or rigged cigar minnows are the standby. For trout, cast jigheads tipped with Gulp! shrimp or MirrOlure twitchbaits—chartreuse and pink are hot colors right now. Spanish and blues are smashing silver spoons and feather rigs off the ends of the piers. Drum are taking cut mullet and fresh shrimp in the troughs. If you’re working deeper structure, the Strike King Pro Model Series 5 deep diving crankbait and shad-color squarebills have been pulling in late-season stripers and blues—especially on outgoing tide as bait gets swept out.
Top lures: Besides your live and cut baits, frogs and popping soft plastics are top picks for exploring shallow marsh and grass around the sounds, especially as the post-spawn bass cling to cover, according to Bradley Roy on the Bass Pro Tour. Trolling stretches and Rapala X-Raps offshore can add variety to your spread and up your chances for mahi and late-season swordfish, as reported by boats running out of Morehead and Oak Island.
Today’s hotspots:
- Bogue Inlet Pier: consistent multi-species catches, especially on rising tide and dusk.
- Cape Lookout: solid slot drum, some trout, and mackerel near the jetty and soundside flats.
- Hatteras Surf: larger drum, trout, spots, and occasional pompano—check structure, especially as tide shifts.
Tournament season is in full swing. Atlantic Beach King Mackerel Saltwater Slam runs through October 25, and the Fall Brawl King Classic is just days away at Ocean Isle. These events are pulling in bigger, more competitive fish—now’s the time if you want a crack at the leaderboard.
Quick tips: Move around to find roaming schools, switch up lures if the bite slows, and watch that rising tide for bait movement. With the weather swinging, mornings and late afternoons as the tide pushes up are your best windows for active fish.
Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to subscribe for tomorrow’s update and keep those lines tight. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, anglers. This is Artificial Lure bringing you today's
fishing report for Atlantic Ocean waters and the surrounding coast
of North Carolina on October twenty seventh, twenty twenty five.
Sunrise this Monday was at seven twenty six am and
sunset will be at six thirteen pm. We're sitting right
in prime fall conditions with water temperatures dropping. Recent reports
(00:22):
off boganlet Peer showed the surf hovering around seventy four degrees,
excellent for both injure and pure action. The weather is
overcast with a stiff breeze building into gusts later today
ahead of a coastal storm, so keep an eye on
the clouds and expect patches of drizzle and a rising tide,
especially into the afternoon, which can stir up bait and
trigger feeding frenzies. Title charts say we saw low tide
(00:44):
right around five twelve am, next high at three fourteen pm,
and another low rolling in at ten zero seven pm.
According to NOA, fish activity is on the epswing. Local piers,
especially Atlantic Beach, Bogan in It and areas around Moorhead
City recorded steady catches of king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, bluefish,
and sea mullet. This past week, angers have landed king
(01:07):
mackerel in the twenty five to forty six pound range,
with Spanish mac and blues coming in at four to
five pounds. Speckled trout are showing up in decent numbers
one to two pounds apiece, with the bite best on
outgoing tide and when the water's moving. Spots and sea
mellet are ramping up great action. The whier tackle red
drummer starting to push through, especially after the weekend's NCBBA
(01:28):
Red Drum Tournament down Hatteras Island, with locals on the
surf seeing more slot sized fish. There are hot rumors
of early bluefin tunas spooking through Oak Islands shoals. Folks
prepping for the December run are getting restless as a
few fish have been sighted in shallow but the main
rave is still a few weeks out. Best baits for
this transition period gotcha plugs, live mullet and fresh shrimp
(01:53):
for peer and surf if you're chasing king mackerel. Slow
trolled live man haden or rigged cigar mennos are the
stand for trout cast jigheads tipped with gope, shrimp or
mirror lure. Twitch baits, chartruse and pink are hot colors
right now. Spanish and blues are smashing silver spoons and
feather rigs off the ends of the piers. Drum are
(02:15):
taking cut mullet and fresh shrimp in the troughs. If
you're working deeper structure. The strike King Pro Model Series
five deep diving crank bait and shad color square bills
have been pulling in late season stripers and blues, especially
on outgoing tide as bait gets swept out. Top lures.
Besides your live and cut baits, frogs and popping soft
(02:38):
plastics are top picks for exploring shallow marsh and grass
around the sounds, especially as the post spawned bass cling
to cover. According to Bradley Roy on the Bass Pro Tour,
trolling stretches and rapalla x wraps offshore can add variety
to your spread and up your chances for mahi and
late season swordfish, as reported by boats running out of
(03:01):
Moorhead and Oak Island. Today's hotspots bogan lit peer consistent
multi species catches, especially on rising tide and dusk cape. Lookout,
solid slot drum some trout and mackerel near the jetty
and sound side flats, vatterus surf, larger drum trout spots,
(03:21):
and occasional pompino check structure, especially as tide shifts. Tournament
season is in full swing. Atlantic Beach King Mackerel Saltwater
Slam runs through October twenty fifth, and the Fall Brawl
King Classic is just days away at Ocean Isle. These
events are pulling in bigger, more competitive fish. Now's the
(03:42):
time if you want to crack at the leaderboard quick tips,
move around to find roaming schools, switch up lures if
the bite slows, and watch that rising tide for bait movement.
With the weather swinging mornings in late afternoons as the
tide pushes up are your best windows for active fish.
Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe for tomorrow's update,
(04:03):
and keep those lines tight. This has been a quiet
please production. For more check out Quiet please dot a
I
Good morning, anglers. This is Artificial Lure bringing you today's
fishing report for Atlantic Ocean waters and the surrounding coast
of North Carolina on October twenty seventh, twenty twenty five.
Sunrise this Monday was at seven twenty six am and
sunset will be at six thirteen pm. We're sitting right
in prime fall conditions with water temperatures dropping. Recent reports
(00:22):
off boganlet Peer showed the surf hovering around seventy four degrees,
excellent for both injure and pure action. The weather is
overcast with a stiff breeze building into gusts later today
ahead of a coastal storm, so keep an eye on
the clouds and expect patches of drizzle and a rising tide,
especially into the afternoon, which can stir up bait and
trigger feeding frenzies. Title charts say we saw low tide
(00:44):
right around five twelve am, next high at three fourteen pm,
and another low rolling in at ten zero seven pm.
According to NOA, fish activity is on the epswing. Local piers,
especially Atlantic Beach, Bogan in It and areas around Moorhead
City recorded steady catches of king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, bluefish,
and sea mullet. This past week, angers have landed king
(01:07):
mackerel in the twenty five to forty six pound range,
with Spanish mac and blues coming in at four to
five pounds. Speckled trout are showing up in decent numbers
one to two pounds apiece, with the bite best on
outgoing tide and when the water's moving. Spots and sea
mellet are ramping up great action. The whier tackle red
drummer starting to push through, especially after the weekend's NCBBA
(01:28):
Red Drum Tournament down Hatteras Island, with locals on the
surf seeing more slot sized fish. There are hot rumors
of early bluefin tunas spooking through Oak Islands shoals. Folks
prepping for the December run are getting restless as a
few fish have been sighted in shallow but the main
rave is still a few weeks out. Best baits for
this transition period gotcha plugs, live mullet and fresh shrimp
(01:53):
for peer and surf if you're chasing king mackerel. Slow
trolled live man haden or rigged cigar mennos are the
stand for trout cast jigheads tipped with gope, shrimp or
mirror lure. Twitch baits, chartruse and pink are hot colors
right now. Spanish and blues are smashing silver spoons and
feather rigs off the ends of the piers. Drum are
(02:15):
taking cut mullet and fresh shrimp in the troughs. If
you're working deeper structure. The strike King Pro Model Series
five deep diving crank bait and shad color square bills
have been pulling in late season stripers and blues, especially
on outgoing tide as bait gets swept out. Top lures.
Besides your live and cut baits, frogs and popping soft
(02:38):
plastics are top picks for exploring shallow marsh and grass
around the sounds, especially as the post spawned bass cling
to cover. According to Bradley Roy on the Bass Pro Tour,
trolling stretches and rapalla x wraps offshore can add variety
to your spread and up your chances for mahi and
late season swordfish, as reported by boats running out of
(03:01):
Moorhead and Oak Island. Today's hotspots bogan lit peer consistent
multi species catches, especially on rising tide and dusk cape. Lookout,
solid slot drum some trout and mackerel near the jetty
and sound side flats, vatterus surf, larger drum trout spots,
(03:21):
and occasional pompino check structure, especially as tide shifts. Tournament
season is in full swing. Atlantic Beach King Mackerel Saltwater
Slam runs through October twenty fifth, and the Fall Brawl
King Classic is just days away at Ocean Isle. These
events are pulling in bigger, more competitive fish. Now's the
(03:42):
time if you want to crack at the leaderboard quick tips,
move around to find roaming schools, switch up lures if
the bite slows, and watch that rising tide for bait movement.
With the weather swinging mornings in late afternoons as the
tide pushes up are your best windows for active fish.
Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe for tomorrow's update,
(04:03):
and keep those lines tight. This has been a quiet
please production. For more check out Quiet please dot a
I
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