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CobiaOff season

Cape · Mississippi

Marsh Point

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

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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia

67/100Great
Now
357 AM CST
Best window
3 PM-12 AMHigh slack
Tide now
Low0.7 ft

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score35Fair
Tide0.7 ftLow
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward SW
Wind5 kn NNEgusts 11 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.6 ft · 3 s
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherClear1% cloud
Water75°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

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Spot profile

Marsh Point

Depth
Up to 5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
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 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 gag grouper, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for gag grouper, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for black drum, king mackerel, sheepshead and red snapper. Gag grouper peak from October through December. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October 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.
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.
Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

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    Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season
    • Spanish mackerel 64
    • Florida pompano 63
    • Southern flounder 63

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  • Point Cadet

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    61
    Top: Gag grouperPeak season
    • Gag grouper 61
    • Spanish mackerel 60
    • Florida pompano 59

    5 kt NNEH 8:44 PM · 1.7 ftL 5:15 AM · 0.8 ft

  • Fort Point

    Cape · 3.6 mi

    61
    Top: Gag grouperPeak season
    • Gag grouper 61
    • Spanish mackerel 60
    • Florida pompano 59

    5 kt NNEH 8:44 PM · 1.7 ftL 5:15 AM · 0.8 ft

  • Cedar Point

    Cape · 1.9 mi

    60
    Top: Gag grouperPeak season
    • Gag grouper 60
    • Spanish mackerel 60
    • Florida pompano 59

    5 kt NNEH 9:04 PM · 1.8 ftL 5:37 AM · 0.8 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.