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Best score today · 9 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 356 AM CST
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
30Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 5 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off 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
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 16 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Mobile Ship Channel
- Depth
- 15-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Mobile Ship Channel
Mobile Ship Channel is a channel in South Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth is 15-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, gag grouper and red drum. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, gag grouper, red drum and Spanish mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, king mackerel, sheepshead and gray snapper. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Gag grouper peak from October through December. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mobile Bay75
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 75
- Spanish mackerel 72
- Gag grouper 68
6 kt ENEL 4:21 PM · 0.5 ftH 4:04 AM · 1.5 ft
- Fowl River Point75
Cape · 5.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Gag grouper 74
- Florida pompano 72
6 kt ENEL 3:37 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:33 AM · 1.5 ft
- Hollingers Island Channel73
Channel · 5.6 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 73
- Gag grouper 73
- Red drum 71
6 kt ENEL 3:41 PM · 0.2 ftH 4:46 AM · 1.5 ft
- Point Judith73
Cape · 7.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 73
- Gag grouper 72
- Spotted seatrout 71
6 kt ENEL 1:30 PM · 0.5 ftH 3:13 AM · 1.7 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.