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Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 315 AM CST
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High1.5 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
17Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 7 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & 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
Garrows Bend
- Depth
- 1-10 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
- 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 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 spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, Florida pompano, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, sheepshead, gray snapper and king mackerel. Spotted seatrout peak from March through May and from October through November. 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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
- Choctaw Pass69
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 69
- Spotted seatrout 64
- Red drum 60
7 kt EL 4:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 11:30 PM · 1.2 ft
- Garrows Bend Channel64
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 64
- Florida pompano 63
- Red drum 60
7 kt EL 4:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 11:30 PM · 1.2 ft
- Arlington Channel64
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 64
- Red drum 57
- Spotted seatrout 57
7 kt EL 4:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 11:30 PM · 1.2 ft
- Old Channel64
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 64
- Red drum 57
- Spotted seatrout 57
7 kt EL 4:05 PM · 0.5 ftH 11:30 PM · 1.2 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.