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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout74
- Weakfish73
- Little tunny72
- Red drum71
- Southern flounder71
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Black sea bass69
- Bluefish66
- Black drum65
- Gag grouper65
- Sheepshead65
- Summer flounder65
- Striped bass59
- Red snapper58
- Florida pompano53
- Crevalle jack52
- King mackerel52
- Greater amberjack49
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3510 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-6 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
21Water temp: 66°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Creek Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Stumpy Creek Bay
Stumpy Creek 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 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and little tunny. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November.
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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cypress Point77
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 77
- Little tunny 75
- Red drum 75
4 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Newport News Point76
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 76
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Black sea bass 69
4 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bear Point75
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 75
- Black sea bass 69
- Spotted seatrout 69
4 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Tuckahoe Point75
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 75
- Black sea bass 69
- Spotted seatrout 69
4 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 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.