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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 501 PM CDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
36Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Garrows Bend
- Depth
- 1-10 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
- 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 Garrows Bend
Garrows Bend is a bend in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
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, permit, crevalle jack and black drum. 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
- Arlington Channel73
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 72
- Red drum 72
4 kt ENEL 5:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 5:16 AM · 2.0 ft
- Old Channel73
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 72
- Red drum 72
4 kt ENEL 5:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 5:16 AM · 2.0 ft
- Garrows Bend Channel71
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Gray snapper 70
- Red drum 70
4 kt ENEL 5:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 5:16 AM · 2.0 ft
- Choctaw Pass71
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Gray snapper 70
- Red drum 70
4 kt ENEL 5:11 PM · 0.4 ftH 5:16 AM · 2.0 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.