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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 354 PM CDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
57Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
16Water temp: 87°F, hotLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
46Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Sand Island Channel
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Sand Island Channel
Sand Island Channel is a channel in Mississippi Sound, Alabama. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, black drum, crevalle jack and gag grouper. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June through September. 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.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- The Cut60
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Gray snapper 59
- Red drum 56
7 kt ESEH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:00 PM · 0.3 ft
- West Bank55
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Gag grouperShoulder season- Gag grouper 55
- Gray snapper 54
- Red grouper 54
7 kt ESEH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:00 PM · 0.3 ft
- Revenue Point (historical)54
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 54
- Atlantic croaker 51
- Red drum 51
7 kt ESEH 3:00 AM · 1.6 ftL 4:00 PM · 0.3 ft
- Sand Island Shoal51
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 51
- Atlantic croaker 49
- Florida pompano 49
7 kt ESEH 3:09 AM · 1.7 ftL 4:01 PM · 0.3 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.