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Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 377 AM CDT
- Best window
- 4-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.9 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
23Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 87°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Upper Reach
- Depth
- 6-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 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 Upper Reach
Upper Reach is a channel in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is 6-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, Florida pompano, black drum and crevalle jack. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic tarpon peak from May through July.
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
- Old Channel76
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Gray snapper 60
- Atlantic tarpon 59
4 kt WSWH 7:34 AM · 1.9 ftL 7:23 PM · 0.4 ft
- Arlington Channel76
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Gray snapper 60
- Atlantic tarpon 59
4 kt WSWH 7:34 AM · 1.9 ftL 7:23 PM · 0.4 ft
- Garrows Bend74
Bend · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Gray snapper 58
- Atlantic tarpon 57
4 kt WSWH 7:34 AM · 1.9 ftL 7:23 PM · 0.4 ft
- Garrows Bend Channel74
Channel · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Gray snapper 58
- Atlantic tarpon 57
4 kt WSWH 7:34 AM · 1.9 ftL 7:23 PM · 0.4 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.