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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · Georgia
Hammonds Pass
31.84°N · 81.08°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot75
- Crevalle jack74
- Atlantic tarpon73
- Florida pompano72
- Summer flounder70
- Red drum69
- King mackerel68
- Gray snapper67
- Spanish mackerel66
- Southern flounder62
- Spotted seatrout60
- Black drum59
- Weakfish59
- Black sea bass58
- Little tunny57
- Cobia55
- Gray triggerfish52
- Sheepshead52
- Gag grouper51
- Red grouper51
- Red snapper51
- Mahi-mahi50
- Greater amberjack48
- Wahoo44
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 556 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding7.7 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
63Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 10 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.
Source: GADNR CRD · synced today
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
Hammonds Pass
- Depth
- 1-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Pass · Outer · ExposedPass · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 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 Hammonds Pass
Hammonds Pass is a channel in Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia. Depth is 1-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads pass, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Florida pompano 70
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- Steamboat Cut80
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- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 73
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- Ossabaw Sound75
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- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 69
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- Bradley Point73
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 69
10 kt NNEH 6:40 PM · 7.7 ftL 1:07 AM · 1.1 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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.