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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · Mississippi

Marsh Point

30.39°N · 88.81°W · Cape · Mississippi Sound

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Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia

67/100Great
Now
355 AM CDT
Best window
5 AM-7 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding1.6 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 5 AM · now

Time5ANOW
Score35Fair
Tide1.6 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward SSE
Wind3 kn WNWgusts 8 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.3 ft · 4 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherClear18% cloud
Water87°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with MDMR before you keep a fish.

Source: MDMR · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in Mississippi

Spot profile

Marsh Point

Depth
Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
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 Marsh Point

Marsh Point is a cape in Mississippi Sound. Depth is up to 5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

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, Florida pompano, black drum 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

  • Biloxi Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Gray snapper 63
    • Red drum 62

    3 kt WNWH 6:56 AM · 2.4 ftL 5:41 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Cedar Point

    Cape · 1.9 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Gray snapper 61
    • Red drum 59

    3 kt WNWH 7:16 AM · 2.4 ftL 6:03 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Point Cadet

    Cape · 2.7 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Gray snapper 59
    • Red drum 57

    3 kt WNWH 6:56 AM · 2.4 ftL 5:41 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Fort Point

    Cape · 3.6 mi

    65
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 65
    • Gray snapper 59
    • Red drum 57

    3 kt WNWH 6:56 AM · 2.4 ftL 5:41 PM · 0.5 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 MDMR before you keep a fish.