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Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 401 AM CDT
- Best window
- 4-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.8 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, Oct 5 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 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
Vessel Point
- Depth
- 5-10 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Vessel Point
Vessel Point is a cape in North Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth in the nearest water is 5-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
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, gag grouper, red snapper and southern flounder. 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
- Sardine Pass68
Gut · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Red drum 66
- Atlantic tarpon 66
3 kt NNEH 9:52 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.7 ft
- Ducker Bay66
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 66
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
3 kt NNEH 9:52 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bay Minette65
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Gray snapper 64
- Red drum 62
3 kt NNEH 9:52 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cedar Point60
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Gray snapper 59
- Red drum 58
3 kt NNEH 9:52 AM · 1.7 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.7 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.