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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot64
- Red drum59
- Southern flounder59
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Crevalle jack56
- Gray snapper54
- Summer flounder54
- Spotted seatrout53
- King mackerel51
- Weakfish48
- Black drum47
- Red snapper47
- Black sea bass44
- Cobia44
- Florida pompano44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper42
- Sheepshead42
- Spanish mackerel42
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 443 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-1 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low0.4 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
22Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
62Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & 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 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
Tom Mann Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Tom Mann Creek
Tom Mann Creek is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, red snapper and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
- 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 Pan64
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
- Atlantic tarpon 62
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Haulover Point62
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Red drum 61
- Atlantic croaker 58
8 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Ned Bees Point58
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Spot 58
- Atlantic tarpon 56
7 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 ft
- Sound Point58
Cape · 3.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Spot 58
- Atlantic tarpon 56
7 kt ENEH 7:13 AM · 0.4 ftL 2:24 PM · 0.3 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.