UPDATEDAUTO-REFRESH 5 MIN
CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 491 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
Notify me when Mobile Bay scores 75+
Checked every morning against the 14-day forecast. Free by push and email.
14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Oct 5 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
83Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
41Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Mobile Bay
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Mobile Bay
Mobile Bay is a bay in South Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, southern flounder, black drum and permit. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker peak from July 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mobile Ship Channel73
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
3 kt NNEH 9:44 AM · 1.6 ftL 9:35 PM · 0.7 ft
- Point Judith73
Cape · 7.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 73
- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Gray snapper 66
3 kt NNEH 8:19 AM · 1.8 ftL 5:57 PM · 0.7 ft
- Hollingers Island Channel71
Channel · 6.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Gray snapper 68
- Atlantic tarpon 68
3 kt NNEH 9:54 AM · 1.7 ftL 7:57 PM · 0.6 ft
- Fowl River Point69
Cape · 5.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Atlantic tarpon 65
- Gray snapper 63
3 kt NNEH 9:38 AM · 1.6 ftL 7:39 PM · 0.6 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.