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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Atlantic tarpon71
- Crevalle jack71
- Gray snapper68
- Southern flounder68
- Red drum67
- Summer flounder66
- King mackerel62
- Black drum61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Spanish mackerel60
- Sheepshead58
- Gray triggerfish57
- Black sea bass56
- Cobia56
- Red snapper56
- Gag grouper55
- Red grouper55
- Weakfish54
- Little tunny53
- Greater amberjack50
- Florida pompano49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5610 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: 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
Georgia Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Georgia Bay
Georgia Bay is a bay in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, sheepshead and gray triggerfish. 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
Other spots within an easy run
- Stumpy Creek Bay75
Bay · 2.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Crevalle jack 71
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Cypress Point73
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 73
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Red drum 71
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Tuckahoe Point70
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Atlantic tarpon 67
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bear Point70
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 67
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 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.