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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot59
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Crevalle jack55
- Gray snapper55
- Red drum54
- King mackerel52
- Southern flounder50
- Red snapper48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Summer flounder48
- Black drum47
- Florida pompano47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Black sea bass46
- Gag grouper45
- Little tunny45
- Red grouper45
- Spanish mackerel44
- Sheepshead42
- Weakfish42
- Greater amberjack40
- Cobia38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 389 PM EDT
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- 9 PM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
36Current: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 11 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
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
Drummond Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Drummond Point
Drummond Point is a cape in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for red snapper, black drum, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bull Bay63
Bay · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Crevalle jack 57
13 kt NE
- Bull Point59
Cape · 7.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 59
- Atlantic croaker 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
13 kt NE
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 4.1 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 54
- Atlantic croaker 53
- Spot 53
11 kt NE
- Horniblow Point52
Cape · 10 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 52
- Atlantic croaker 51
- Spot 51
11 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.