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Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 356 AM CST
- Best window
- 3-10 PMDusk
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
25Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 5 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Polecat Bay
- Depth
- Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Polecat Bay
Polecat Bay is a bay in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are southern flounder, spotted seatrout and red drum. It is peak season now for southern flounder, spotted seatrout, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, king mackerel, sheepshead and gray snapper. Southern flounder peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout 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.
- Southern flounder
- Flounder lie half buried on soft bottom along marsh edges, creek mouths, dock pilings and the sandy sides of passes, usually in 1 to 15 feet of water. Drag a mud minnow or finger mullet on a Carolina rig, or bump a soft plastic slowly along the bottom, and give the fish a few seconds before setting the hook. In fall the adults stack up at passes and jetties on their way offshore, and many anglers gig them at night in knee-deep water.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Pinto Pass68
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 68
- Southern flounder 66
- Spotted seatrout 66
5 kt NL 7:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:16 PM · 1.3 ft
- Delvan Bay67
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 67
- Spotted seatrout 67
- Red drum 66
5 kt NL 7:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:16 PM · 1.3 ft
- Blakely Island Reach64
Channel · 2.3 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 64
- Red drum 63
- Black drum 61
5 kt NL 7:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:16 PM · 1.3 ft
- Mobile Turning Basin63
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Southern flounder 63
- Black drum 61
5 kt NL 7:57 AM · 0.7 ftH 10:16 PM · 1.3 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.