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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 351 PM CST
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 3 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & 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 yesterday
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
Arlington Channel
- Depth
- 3-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-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 Arlington Channel
Arlington Channel is a channel in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is 3-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Spanish mackerel, gag grouper and red drum. It is peak season now for Spanish mackerel, gag grouper, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for king mackerel, black drum, gray snapper and sheepshead. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. Gag grouper peak from October through December. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Garrows Bend77
Bend · 0.6 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 77
- Red drum 73
- Southern flounder 72
9 kt EL 3:35 PM · -0.0 ftH 3:51 AM · 1.9 ft
- Garrows Bend Channel77
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 77
- Red drum 73
- Southern flounder 72
9 kt EL 3:35 PM · -0.0 ftH 3:51 AM · 1.9 ft
- Upper Reach73
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 73
- Gag grouper 72
- Red drum 72
9 kt EL 3:35 PM · -0.0 ftH 3:51 AM · 1.9 ft
- Old Channel73
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 73
- Gag grouper 72
- Red drum 72
9 kt EL 3:35 PM · -0.0 ftH 3:51 AM · 1.9 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.