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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3510 AM CST
- Best window
- 10 AM-4 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.0 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Nov 7 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 6 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: Out of 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 16 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Pinto Pass
- Depth
- About 1 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Pass · Inner · Protected
- 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 Pinto Pass
Pinto Pass is a channel in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth in the nearest water is about 1 ft. Its profile reads pass, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, Spanish mackerel and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, Spanish mackerel, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for king mackerel, black drum, sheepshead and gray snapper. Spotted seatrout peak from March through May and from October through November. Spanish mackerel peak from April 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.
- 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.
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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.