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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot65
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Southern flounder62
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum59
- Gray snapper58
- Summer flounder58
- Black drum56
- Spotted seatrout55
- King mackerel54
- Sheepshead51
- Spanish mackerel51
- Cobia50
- Florida pompano49
- Black sea bass48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Little tunny48
- Gag grouper47
- Red grouper47
- Red snapper47
- Weakfish44
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 5012 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-11 PMFlood 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
32Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 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
Deep Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 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 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 southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel and cobia. 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
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- Atlantic tarpon 68
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- Spot 65
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- Broad Creek67
Bay · 2.2 mi
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- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
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- Northeast Prong65
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 64
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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.