Hatteras Island Fishing Report

It’s really feeling like summer now that school is out. Congratulations to all the seniors who graduated!
The sound fishing has been picking up lately! Inshore boats managed to sneak in a few Dolphin and Mackerel along with a Cobia or two. Offshore boats have had luck with their usual catches and releases.

Sound water temp: 73-76

Ocean water temp: 70-74


Surf: Bluefish, Rays, Red Drum, Sea Mullet, Sharks

Sound: Bluefish, Red Drum, Speckled Trout

Inshore: Albacore, Bluefish, Cobia, Dolphin, Red Drum, Spanish Mackerel

Offshore: Blackfin Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo

Releases: Blue Marlin, Sailfish, White Marlin


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See what was biting on this day 1 year ago.

  • (11/4/2025) – Today started out cool then turned comfortable with the sunshine. The high was 63 while the low was 46 with light to gentle winds. Gusts up to 25mph. Currently it’s 46, feels like 43, with W winds around 3mph. Tomorrow temps will be a little warmer with a predicted high of 70. Winds will get… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 2 years ago.

  • (11/6/2024) – Today’s high was 79 while the low was 63 with light to gentle winds. Gusts up to 13mph. Currently it’s 72, feels like 76, with SSW winds around 5mph. More of the same weather to come tomorrow. Best of luck to all fishing this tournament! Sound water temp: 69-71 Ocean water temp: 68 Surf: Red… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 3 years ago.

  • (11/6/2023) – The high was 72 while the low was 55 with light to gentle winds. Gusts up to 18mph today. Currently it’s 55 with E winds around 3mph. Tomorrow’s winds are going to be similar, if not lighter, with warmer temps. Sound water temp: 62-66 Ocean water temp: ~64 Surf: Red Drum, Sea Mullet Sound: Bluefish,… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 4 years ago.

  • (11/6/2022) – Today’s high was 79 while the low was 68. Winds have been light to gentle. Currently it’s 70 with E winds at 8mph. Tomorrow is going to bring similar temps but winds are a different story. By evening tomorrow winds should show an increase and continue to into Tuesday morning. Wind direction is predicted to… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 5 years ago.

  • (11/6/2021) – Wind, winds and more wind. High temperature for today did make it to 66F. Rain will be moving in late this evening through most of tomorrow. Please, if you don’t need to be on the roads, stay home and stay safe. No fishing reports today. Hopefully we should return to normal by mid week. FRG… Continue Reading

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