November Fishing Forecast for North Carolina's Atlantic Coast

Artificial Lure here with your November 1, 2025 Atlantic Ocean fishing report for North Carolina.

Sunrise hit the salt at 6:37AM, with sunset tonight at 5:04PM, so get your lines wet early for the best action. Atlantic Beach tide rolled in with a low at 5:27AM around zero-point-four feet, then crested for a high at 12:02PM pushing up to four-and-a-half feet—a big tidal swing today, prime for moving bait and active fish according to Tide-Forecast.com.

Weather’s crisp, mild, and breezy—highs peaking in the mid-60s with a west wind steady at 10 to 20 mph, as reported by WCTI Channel 12. Water clarity is great, especially after a week with no heavy tropical blows, so keep your lure colors natural unless cloud cover rolls in.

It’s November, and the speckled trout bite is firing up. Carolina Sportsman says the Shallotte River, local inlets, and especially deep creek channels are loaded with schools of specks. Most anglers are finding limits swinging soft plastic paddle tails in electric chicken, pearl, or plain silver—quarter-ounce jigheads doing the trick. For early or late-day, try a walk-the-dog plug like a MirrOlure Top Dog or Rapala Skitter Walk in shallow marsh edges for that topwater explosion.

Live bait’s always a winner. If you’re fishing from a dock or small boat, drift a live shrimp or mud minnow under a popping cork near dock pilings, oyster rocks, or drop-offs. When the tide’s pushing in, bounce your jig slowly on the bottom—most bites are coming when you go slow, matching local mullet and menhaden.

Tournament season is in full swing. Just today, Sears Landing in Surf City hosts the Fish For A Cure Inshore tournament. Recent catches across the region are heavy on specks, reds, and even a few flounder and drum reported from Oak Island up to Cape Hatteras.

Best spots right now:
- **Shallotte River & ICW creeks:** Deep holes near structure for speckled trout and reds.
- **Atlantic Beach jetty:** Hot for mixed bag limits, especially on the incoming tide.
- **Hatteras surf zone:** Big drum and blues running strong; try cut mullet or menhaden for bait.

For lures, the local top five are: Atomic Firebelly, Mansfield Magic, Midnight Mullet, Pink Punch, and Toxic Rootbeer paddletails—A.M. Fishing’s pack covers all conditions. If working spinnerbaits, go with chartreuse and gold blades in choppy conditions. Major League Fishing pros are rotating buzzbaits and hybrid jigs when bass are mixing in estuaries.

Overall, high tidal coefficients mean both high and low tides will bring stronger currents, so plan to fish those changes for best results. Farmer’s Almanac rates today as average, with major bite windows from 7:45–9:45AM and 8:09–10:09PM—align those with the tide and you won’t be far off.

That’s the word from the pier, creek, and surf for November in the Carolinas. Thanks for tuning in, don’t forget to subscribe for your daily edge. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Here with your November one, twenty twenty five
Atlantic Ocean Fishing report for North Carolina. Sunrise hit the
salt at six thirty seven am, with sunset tonight at
five pm, so get your lines wet early for the
best action. Atlantic Beach tide rolled in with a low
at five twenty seven am around zero point four feet,

(00:22):
then crested for a high at twelve pm, pushing out
to four and a half feet. A big tidle swing today,
prime for moving bait and active fish. According to tide
forecast dot com, Weather's crisp, mild and breezy highs peaking
in the mid sixties with a west wind steady at
ten to twenty miles per hour. As reported by WCTI

(00:45):
Channel twelve. Water clarity is great, especially after a week
with no heavy tropical blows, so keep your lower colors
natural and less cloud cover rolls in. It's November and
the speckled trout bite is firing up. Carolina sportsman says
the Shalat River, local inlets, and especially deep creek channels

(01:06):
are loaded with schools of specks. Most anglers are finding
limits swinging soft plastic paddle tails in electric chicken, pearl
or plain silver quarter rounds jigheads doing the trick. For
early or late day, try a walk the dog plug
like a mirror lower top dog or rapalla skidter walk
in shallow marsh edges for that top water explosion. Live

(01:29):
baits always a winter If you're fishing from a dock
or small boat. Drift a live shrimp or mud minnow
under a popping cork near dock pilings, oyster rocks or
drop boss. When the tide's pushing in, bounce your jig
slowly on the bottom. Most bites are coming when you
go slow. Matching local mullet and men Haden tournament season

(01:52):
is in full swing. Just today Sears landing in Surf
City hosts the fish for a Cure Inshore tournament. Recent
catches across the region are heavy on specs, reds, and
even a few flounder and drum reported from Oak Island
up to Cape Hatteras. Best spots right now Shalotte River
and ICW Creeks, deep holes near structure for speckled trout

(02:16):
and reds. Atlantic Beach Jetty hot for mixed bag limits,
especially on the incoming tide. This is Shalot's surf Zone,
Big drum and blues running strong, Try cut mullet or
man haden for bait. For lures, the local top five
are Atomic Fire, Belly, Mansfield Magic, Midnight Mullet, Pink Punch,

(02:39):
and toxic root beer paddle tails. AM Fishing's pack covers
all conditions. If working, spinner baits, go with chartreuse in
gold blades in choppy conditions. Major League fishing pros are
rotating buzz baits and hybrid jigs when bass are mixing,
and estuaries overall high tidle coefficient mean both high and

(03:01):
low tides will bring stronger currents, so plan to fish
those changes for best results. Farmer's Almanac rates today as
average with major byte windows from seven forty five nine
forty five am and eight zero nine ten zero nine pm.
Align those with the tide and you won't be far off.

(03:21):
That's the word from the Pier Creek and Surf for
November in the Carolinas. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget
to subscribe for your daily edge. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot
ai