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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 305 PM CST
- Best window
- 5-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.1 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
77Wind: 12 kt SPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
99Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 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, Florida pompano and red drum. It is peak season now for gag grouper, Florida pompano, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for king mackerel, black drum, sheepshead and red snapper. Gag grouper peak from October through December. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Red drum peak from September through November.
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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bayou Second73
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 73
- Spanish mackerel 72
- Gag grouper 70
8 kt ENEH 3:19 AM · 1.6 ftL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ft
- Graveline Bay73
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 73
- Spanish mackerel 72
- Gag grouper 70
8 kt ENEH 3:19 AM · 1.6 ftL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ft
- Pelican Bay67
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 67
- Spanish mackerel 63
- Gag grouper 61
19 kt EH 3:19 AM · 1.6 ftL 3:29 PM · 0.1 ft
- British Bay64
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 64
- Gag grouper 61
- Spanish mackerel 61
19 kt EH 3:19 AM · 1.6 ftL 3:29 PM · 0.1 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.