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Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 422 AM CDT
- Best window
- 2 AM-3 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 2 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: 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
Sapling Point
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- 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 Sapling Point
Sapling Point is a cape in Perdido Bay Area, Alabama. Depth is 2-15 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 red drum. 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. 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.
- 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
- Perdido Pass73
Channel · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
2 kt NH 8:21 AM · 0.8 ftL 6:21 PM · 0.0 ft
- Terry Cove69
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Gray snapper 69
- Red drum 66
2 kt NH 8:21 AM · 0.8 ftL 6:21 PM · 0.0 ft
- Johnson Cove69
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Gray snapper 69
- Red drum 66
2 kt NH 8:21 AM · 0.8 ftL 6:21 PM · 0.0 ft
- Hatcher Point64
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Gray snapper 64
- Red drum 61
2 kt NH 10:04 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:39 PM · 0.1 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.