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Should I Fish? turns tide, light, moon, wind and pressure into one number. Glance and go—or pull it apart and see exactly what’s helping and what isn’t.

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85
GO
bite 12:00a–2:00a
Tide · today
Next high
9:14a
Wind
SE 10 kn
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What’s driving the 85

Tide movement
-0.7 ft/hr, outgoing
Strong ebb—moving water is the biggest single driver of the score.
81
Light
Sunrise 7:12a
Decent light, but it isn't dawn or dusk.
50
Moon
Waxing crescent, 1%
Major solunar period—moon overhead or underfoot.
94
Barometer
1018 hPa, falling
Falling ahead of a front—fish feed hard before weather.
100
Wind
SE 10 kn
Light chop—oxygen and cover without the slop.
100

Tides & fishability — Topsail Beach, next 3 days

TODAY SUN 10/11 ⚠85GO
MON 10/12 ⚠85GO
TUE 10/1364MAYBE
TODAY SUN 10/11 ⚠bite 12a–2aMON 10/12 ⚠bite 11a–4pTUE 10/13bite 6a–8a0.4 ft · 3:16a4.4 ft · 9:14a0.7 ft · 3:52p3.8 ft · 9:30p0.5 ft · 3:57a4.4 ft · 9:58a0.8 ft · 4:36p3.6 ft · 10:14p0.6 ft · 4:35a4.3 ft · 10:42a0.9 ft · 5:17p3.4 ft · 10:58p12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p12a

Curve height is tide level—curve color is how good the fishing should be. Green means go.

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