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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot75
- Crevalle jack72
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Red drum69
- Gray snapper68
- Summer flounder68
- King mackerel67
- Black drum64
- Black sea bass64
- Spotted seatrout64
- Southern flounder63
- Florida pompano61
- Sheepshead59
- Weakfish59
- Gag grouper58
- Gray triggerfish58
- Red snapper58
- Red grouper57
- Spanish mackerel56
- Little tunny53
- Greater amberjack52
- Cobia49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 499 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-1 PMEbb 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
58Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 10 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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 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
Poster Gut
- Depth
- Up to 1 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Poster Gut
Poster Gut is a gut in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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
- The Frying Pan76
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 72
10 kt NEL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ft
- Reeds Point72
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Crevalle jack 72
- Spot 72
10 kt NEL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ft
- Haulover Point71
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 71
- Spot 71
10 kt NEL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:03 PM · 0.5 ft
- Caroon Point70
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 67
10 kt NEL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:03 PM · 0.5 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.