Fishing in Charlotte
North Carolina · Appalachian Highlands · hardiness zone 8b
Now
28°C · Clear
Today
33° / 20°
Sun
07:05 – 19:31
Moon
Waxing Crescent · solunar good
Warm water holds less oxygen. Fish the springs, the inflows and the deep water, and release quickly.
- Largemouth bassbest now — Cruising the weed edges, pads and shallow flats, ambushing anything that moves across the top.
- Brook troutbest now — In the riffles and at the heads of pools, taking insects off the surface as the hatch comes off.
In the water now · September
What's biting
The sport fish active near Charlotte, North Carolina in September — where they hold, how to know one on the line, and the tactic that usually works. Check your licence and the current limits before you go.
FishMay–OctSmallmouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu
Bronze-brown with vertical bars, red eye, and a jaw that ends level with the eye — not past it.
Where and how to catch it →Photo: Joshua Johnson · CC BY 4.0
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Overhead · Charlotte, North Carolina
The sky over the water
The two clocks nothing on the ground can argue with: the length of the day, and the phase of the moon.
The sun
12h 25m of light
Sunrise
07:06
Solar noon
13:18
Sunset
19:30
A month from now the day will be 1h 06m shorter. Enough light for steady growth.
Right now · Charlotte, North Carolina
Forces at work
Nothing here is a guess. Each of these is read from this week's forecast and this location's climate record, and each one is pushing the season one way or the other.
- Worth watching
The moon
Waxing Crescent · 11%
Waxing, 3 days old. Full moon in 11 days. Fishing outlook: good.
It moves water — in the sea, in a lake's edge, and, by long tradition, in the sap of a plant. Fish feed hardest on the days around new and full.
- Worth watching
Wind
8 km/h now · 19 peak
Calm. Good for spraying, for transplanting, and for spotting a rise on flat water — but calm bright days push fish deep.
It pollinates corn and grasses, dries soil, breaks stems — and it decides where the bait, and therefore the fish, end up.
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