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CobiaOff seasonBar · Georgia
Middle Ground
31.70°N · 81.15°W · Bar · 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
- Little tunny75
- Bluefish74
- Red drum72
- Black sea bass71
- Florida pompano70
- King mackerel68
- Summer flounder68
- Weakfish68
- Atlantic croaker67
- Gag grouper67
- Spot67
- Crevalle jack65
- Spotted seatrout65
- Striped bass65
- Red snapper62
- Black drum61
- Greater amberjack61
- Sheepshead58
- Wahoo52
- Yellowfin tuna45
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Mahi-mahi35
- Red grouper35
- Southern flounder35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Sailfish10
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 356 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.6 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 11 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 9 kt WPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
37Off 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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.
Source: GADNR CRD · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 18 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Middle Ground
- Depth
- 15-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · Semi-exposedBar · slope
- Season
- Off 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 Middle Ground
Middle Ground is a bar in Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bar, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, red drum and black sea bass, and shoulder season for king mackerel, summer flounder, Atlantic croaker and spot. Little tunny peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
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- McQueen Inlet71
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- Bluefish 69
- Black sea bass 67
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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.