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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout65
- Weakfish64
- Red drum62
- Southern flounder60
- Spot60
- Atlantic croaker59
- Bluefish57
- Little tunny57
- Black sea bass56
- Black drum55
- Gag grouper52
- Florida pompano51
- Sheepshead51
- Striped bass51
- Summer flounder51
- Red snapper48
- King mackerel38
- Crevalle jack37
- Greater amberjack36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia29
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 2912 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-10 AMDawn
Data from: ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
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Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 9 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
50Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday
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
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Bull Bay
Bull Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 9-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bull Point69
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 69
- Red drum 67
- Southern flounder 64
5 kt NE
- Reed Point68
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 68
- Red drum 65
- Southern flounder 63
5 kt NE
- Drummond Point60
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 60
- Spotted seatrout 60
- Weakfish 58
5 kt NE
- Bluff Point58
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 58
- Spotted seatrout 57
- Bluefish 56
5 kt NE
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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.