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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish77
- Spot75
- Atlantic croaker74
- Little tunny71
- Red drum71
- Southern flounder71
- Spotted seatrout71
- Black sea bass70
- Bluefish70
- Black drum69
- Sheepshead66
- Gag grouper65
- Summer flounder65
- Red snapper62
- Striped bass60
- Crevalle jack53
- Florida pompano53
- King mackerel52
- Greater amberjack49
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 355 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 18 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Deep Bay
Deep Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for weakfish, little tunny, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 76
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- Deer Creek77
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 77
- Red drum 76
- Southern flounder 75
6 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Broad Creek77
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 77
- Southern flounder 75
- Spot 75
6 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Northeast Prong77
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 77
- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
9 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 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.