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Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3012 PM CST
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
29Wind: 18 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.
Source: ADCNR Marine Resources · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 16 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Pelican Passage
- Depth
- 3-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Pelican Passage
Pelican Passage is a channel in Mississippi Sound, Alabama. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gag grouper, Spanish mackerel and king mackerel. It is peak season now for gag grouper, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and red drum, and shoulder season for king mackerel, sheepshead, gray snapper and gray triggerfish. Gag grouper peak from October through December. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. King mackerel peak in May and in October.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bayou Second66
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 66
- Red drum 65
- Gag grouper 64
9 kt ESEL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:21 AM · 1.4 ft
- Graveline Bay66
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 66
- Red drum 65
- Gag grouper 64
9 kt ESEL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:21 AM · 1.4 ft
- British Bay58
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 58
- Gag grouper 57
- Red drum 57
18 kt EL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:21 AM · 1.4 ft
- Pelican Bay56
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 56
- Gag grouper 53
- King mackerel 50
18 kt EL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ftH 4:21 AM · 1.4 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.