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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Red drum67
- Southern flounder66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Bluefish65
- Little tunny65
- Black drum64
- Black sea bass64
- Florida pompano61
- Summer flounder61
- Sheepshead60
- Gag grouper59
- Red snapper57
- Striped bass54
- Crevalle jack47
- King mackerel47
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 351 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
69Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
65Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
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, red drum, southern flounder and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. 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
- Hooker Gut76
Gut · 2.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 76
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Red drum 70
9 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
- Broad Creek73
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 73
- Southern flounder 71
- Red drum 70
5 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
- Deer Creek72
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 72
- Weakfish 72
- Southern flounder 71
5 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ft
- Northeast Prong72
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 72
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
9 kt NNEH 1:14 AM · 0.4 ftL 9:15 AM · 0.2 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.