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Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 395 AM CDT
- Best window
- 5 AM-1 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
65Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 5 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Porpoise Shoal
- Depth
- 15-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Porpoise Shoal
Porpoise Shoal is a bar in Mississippi Sound. Depth is 15-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and Atlantic tarpon. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker peak from July 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Isle au Pitre Bank64
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 64
- Atlantic croaker 62
- Red drum 61
5 kt NNEH 9:25 AM · 2.0 ftL 7:10 PM · 0.7 ft
- Good Scotch Point64
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Red drum 63
4 kt NNEH 9:25 AM · 2.0 ftL 7:10 PM · 0.7 ft
- Potato Hills62
Bar · 0.8 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 62
- Atlantic croaker 60
- Red drum 60
5 kt NNEH 9:25 AM · 2.0 ftL 7:10 PM · 0.7 ft
- West Point62
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 62
- Atlantic croaker 60
- Red drum 60
5 kt NNEH 9:25 AM · 2.0 ftL 7:10 PM · 0.7 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.