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. Thanks for tuning in folks, and make sure to subscribe for your daily fishing updates. 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.