Weekend Fishing Report for North Carolina's Atlantic Coast

Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you live with your detailed fishing report for Saturday, October 25th, 2025, focused on North Carolina's Atlantic coast.

Let's dive right into today's conditions. We've got weak high pressure sitting over our waters through the weekend, keeping things relatively calm before unsettled weather moves in early next week. The National Weather Service out of Newport shows northeast winds at 10 to 15 knots with seas building to 2 to 4 feet. Water temperatures are holding in the low to mid-70s, which is keeping our fish active.

For tides at Atlantic Beach today, we're looking at a low at 4:07 AM, high tide coming at 10:41 AM, then another low at 5:16 PM. Sunrise hit at 7:21 this morning with sunset coming at 6:19 PM. Over at Morehead City, similar pattern with the morning low just after 4 AM and high tide around 10:41.

Now let's talk about what's been biting. The offshore scene has been solid despite an October storm that slowed things down in the canyons up north. The fall tuna bite has been picking up, with anglers finding success on topwater poppers and football tuna tactics working well. For those staying inshore, redfish and speckled trout are actively feeding on live bait and lures around the sounds and nearshore waters.

Your best bets for lures are going to be small crankbaits, spinnerbaits in chartreuse and white, and don't sleep on those topwater options early and late in the day. Live bait is king right now - shad, finger mullet, and cut bait are all producing. For bottom fishing, number 4 to 6 gold Aberdeen hooks with 4 to 6 pound test and crickets or worms are still taking panfish in the calmer backwaters.

Hot spots to check out today: head to the areas south of Cape Lookout to Surf City where the nearshore reefs and structure are holding fish. The mouths of creeks feeding into the sounds have been productive, especially around Oregon Inlet and down towards Atlantic Beach. Work those dock pilings and sea walls during the tide changes.

With conditions staying favorable through the weekend before weather deteriorates Tuesday and Wednesday, today's your day to get out there. The bite should stay steady through Sunday before those north winds kick up to 20 to 25 knots early next week.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, anglers. This is artificial Lore coming to you
live with your detailed fishing report for Saturday, October twenty fifth,
twenty twenty five, focused on North Carolina's Atlantic Coast. Let's
dive right into today's conditions. You've got weak high pressure
sitting over our waters through the weekend, keeping things relatively
calm before unsettled weather moves an early next week. The

(00:22):
National Weather Service out of Newport shows northeast winds at
ten to fifteen knots with seas building to two to
four feet. Water temperatures are holding in the low to
mid seventies, which is keeping our fish active. For tides
at Atlantic Beach today, we're looking at a low at
four zero seven am, high tide coming at ten forty
one am, then another low at five sixteen pm. Sunrise

(00:45):
hit at seven twenty one this morning, with sunset coming
at six nineteen pm. Over at Moorhead City, similar pattern
with the morning low just after four am and high
tide around ten forty one. Now, let's talk about what's
been biting. The offshore scene has been solid despite an
October storm that slowed things down in the canyons up north.

(01:06):
The fall tunabite has been picking up, with anglers finding
success on top water poppers and football tuna tactics working
well for those staying inshore. Redfish and speckled trout are
actively feeding on live bait and lures around the sounds
and near shore waters. Your best bets for lures are
going to be small crank baits, spinner baits, and chartreuse

(01:27):
in white, and don't sleep on those top water options
early and late in the day. Live bait is king
right now. Shad, finger, mullet and cut bait are all
producing for bottom fishing. Number four to six gold Aberdeen
hooks with four to six pound test and crickets or
worms are still taking panfish in the calmer backwaters. Hot

(01:49):
spots to check out today head to the areas south
of Cape Lookout to Surf City where the near shore
reefs and structure are holding fish. The mouths of creeks
feeding into the s have been productive, especially around Oregon
Inlet and down towards Atlantic Beach. Work those dock pilings
and sea walls during the tide changes, with conditions staying

(02:11):
favorable through the weekend before weather deteriorates Tuesday and Wednesday.
Today's your day to get out there. The bite should
stay steady through Sunday before those north winds kick up
to twenty to twenty five knots early next week. Thanks
for tuning in, folks, and make sure to subscribe for
your daily fishing updates. This has been a quiet please production.

(02:34):
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