April 24
Morning surface water temperatures are around 67 degrees at the mouth of Little River Inlet and bait is flooding back in. Schools of mullet are starting to be seen as well as tons of small menhaden.
April 9
Morning surface water temperatures are around 67 degrees at the mouth of Little River Inlet but captains seeing low to mid-70s in the creeks is common during the day.
March 27
Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees at the mouth of Little River Inlet and the water remains fairly clear.
March 20
Morning surface water temperatures are around 58 degrees at the mouth of Little River Inlet and the water remains clear.
February 27
Morning surface water temperatures are around 51-52 at the mouth of Little River Inlet and the water remains very clear.
February 13
Morning surface water temperatures are in the high 40s in the creeks around Little River and the water is very clear.
January 29
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low-40s in the creeks around Little River and the water is very clear.
January 8
Morning surface water temperatures are around 48 degrees in the creeks around Little River and the water is very clear.
December 19
Morning surface water temperatures are still about 55 degrees off the beach at Cherry Grove and wildly fluctuating in the creeks.
December 4
Morning surface water temperatures have dropped all the way to 56 in the surf and about 51 degrees in the creeks.
November 20
Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 60s inshore around Little River, 66 this morning in the surf, and there are still lots of shrimp and decent numbers of finger mullet around.
November 8
Morning surface water temperatures have jumped back to 70-71 degrees inshore around Little River and there are still lots of shrimp and decent numbers of finger mullet around.
October 30
Morning surface water temperatures are about 67-68 degrees inshore around Little River.
October 16
Morning surface water temperatures are about 67-68 degrees inshore around Little River and the mullet are running.
October 3
Morning surface water temperatures are about 75 degrees inshore around Little River and the water is murky with all the freshwater inflow.
September 25
Morning surface water temperatures are around 76-78 degrees around Little River and the water clarity has improved – for now. Mullet are everywhere.
September 12
Morning surface water temperatures are down to around 78 degrees at Little River and the water is still pretty dirty.
August 29
Morning surface water temperatures have dipped to about 79 at Little River and the water is still very dirty.
August 15
Morning surface water temperatures are around 83 at Little River, and the water is extremely dirty. Shrimp have gotten scarce but finger mullet are around.
August 1
Morning surface water temperatures are still in the mid-80s around Little River, and with so much rain the falling tide has been pretty dirty. Mullet and menhaden are showing up in really good numbers.
July 18
Morning surface water temperatures are still in the mid-80s around Little River, and the water has gotten very dirty. Bait is abundant.
July 11
Morning surface water temperatures are at least 85 around Little River, and sometimes higher.
June 26
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 80s around Little River.
June 6
Morning surface water temperatures range from about 78-82 degrees around Little River and the water looks pretty clear. The mullet are mostly too small for bait but there are lots of menhaden around.