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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Little tunny71
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- Black sea bass67
- Red drum67
- Southern flounder67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Black drum65
- Bluefish65
- Summer flounder64
- Gag grouper63
- Sheepshead63
- Red snapper56
- Striped bass56
- Florida pompano55
- Crevalle jack52
- King mackerel51
- Greater amberjack47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 358 AM EST
- Best window
- 11 AM-9 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
95Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 5 kt WSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 66°F, coldLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & 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, little tunny and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for weakfish, little tunny, black sea bass and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Black sea bass 73
- Atlantic croaker 71
8 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Deer Creek72
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 72
- Weakfish 72
- Red drum 71
5 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Broad Creek72
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 72
- Weakfish 72
- Red drum 69
5 kt NEL 9:15 AM · 0.2 ftH 3:55 PM · 0.5 ft
- Northeast Prong72
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 72
- Little tunny 71
- Atlantic croaker 68
8 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.