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Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 353 PM CST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.1 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Nov 9 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
97Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.7 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 8 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
South Spit
- Depth
- 4-10 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 South Spit
South Spit is a bar in Mississippi Sound. Depth is 4-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel and gag grouper. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, gag grouper and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, king mackerel, sheepshead and gray triggerfish. Florida pompano peak from March through May and from October through November. Spanish mackerel peak from April through May and from October through November. Gag grouper peak from October through December.
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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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
- Middle Spit71
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 71
- Spanish mackerel 70
- Gag grouper 61
6 kt ESEH 3:30 AM · 2.1 ftL 3:07 PM · 0.4 ft
- Smugglers Cove69
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 69
- Florida pompano 68
- Red drum 65
6 kt ESEH 3:30 AM · 2.1 ftL 3:07 PM · 0.4 ft
- Little Bay69
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Spanish mackerelPeak season- Spanish mackerel 69
- Florida pompano 68
- Red drum 65
6 kt ESEH 3:30 AM · 2.1 ftL 3:07 PM · 0.4 ft
- Phoenix Spit69
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 69
- Spanish mackerel 67
- Gag grouper 61
6 kt ESEH 3:30 AM · 2.1 ftL 3:07 PM · 0.4 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.