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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot60
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Gray snapper58
- Spotted seatrout58
- Southern flounder57
- Crevalle jack56
- Red drum56
- Summer flounder56
- Weakfish54
- King mackerel51
- Black drum49
- Florida pompano48
- Little tunny47
- Sheepshead45
- Spanish mackerel45
- Cobia44
- Black sea bass43
- Red snapper43
- Gag grouper41
- Gray triggerfish40
- Red grouper40
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4410 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMNight bite
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 PM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
36Light: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Swan Bay
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Swan Bay
Swan Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, Florida pompano and little tunny. 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
- Batchelor Bay60
Bay · 3.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Atlantic tarpon 59
9 kt NE
- Black Walnut Point55
Cape · 4.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 55
- Spot 55
- Atlantic tarpon 54
9 kt NE
- Reedy Point55
Cape · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 55
- Spot 55
- Atlantic tarpon 54
9 kt NE
- Horniblow Point53
Cape · 7.1 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 53
- Atlantic croaker 52
- Spot 52
12 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.