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Cape · Alabama

Mill Point

30.31°N · 87.52°W · Cape · Perdido Bay Area

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Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia

72/100Great
Now
305 PM CST
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Low0.1 ft

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24-hour conditions

Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score34Fair
Tide0.5 ftHigh
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward W
Wind4 kn Sgusts 10 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.4 ft · 5 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherOvercast87% chance of rain
Water74°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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 today

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When Cobia is best here

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Spot profile

Mill Point

Depth
3-15 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Mill Point

Mill Point is a cape in Perdido Bay Area, Alabama. Depth in the nearest water is 3-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gag grouper, Florida pompano and red drum. It is peak season now for gag grouper, Florida pompano, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for king mackerel, red snapper, gray triggerfish and red grouper. Gag grouper peak from October through December. 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.
Gag grouper
Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
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

  • Johnson Cove

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    68
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 68
    • Red drum 68
    • Spanish mackerel 67

    5 kt EH 5:07 AM · 0.7 ftL 1:50 PM · 0.2 ft

  • Goat Bayou

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    64
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 64
    • Florida pompano 57
    • Gag grouper 57

    5 kt EH 6:38 AM · 0.6 ftL 4:23 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Hatcher Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    58
    Top: Gag grouperPeak season
    • Gag grouper 58
    • Florida pompano 57
    • Red drum 57

    5 kt EH 6:38 AM · 0.6 ftL 4:23 PM · 0.3 ft

  • Goat Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    58
    Top: Gag grouperPeak season
    • Gag grouper 58
    • Florida pompano 57
    • Red drum 57

    5 kt EH 6:38 AM · 0.6 ftL 4:23 PM · 0.3 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.