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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3510 AM CST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
92Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & 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 MDMR before you keep a fish.
Source: MDMR · 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
Middle Ground
- Depth
- 4-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Middle Ground
Middle Ground is a bar in Mississippi Sound. Depth is 4-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Spanish mackerel, gag grouper and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Spanish mackerel, gag grouper, Florida pompano and red drum, and shoulder season for king mackerel, black drum, gray triggerfish and red grouper. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. Gag grouper peak from October through December. 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Belle Fontaine Point68
Cape · 7.3 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 68
- Red drum 66
- Spanish mackerel 60
8 kt EL 2:00 PM · 0.2 ftH 3:33 AM · 1.4 ft
- Pascagoula Bay66
Bay · 7.1 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 66
- Spanish mackerel 63
- Red drum 59
9 kt EL 2:07 PM · 0.3 ftH 3:02 AM · 1.4 ft
- West Point66
Cape · 7.2 mi
Top: Gag grouperPeak season- Gag grouper 66
- Spanish mackerel 58
- Gray triggerfish 56
8 kt EL 1:17 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:09 AM · 1.5 ft
- The Horseshoe65
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 65
- Gag grouper 64
- Florida pompano 60
8 kt EL 1:17 PM · 0.1 ftH 3:09 AM · 1.5 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.