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- Best of all
- Crevalle jack47
- Gray snapper47
- Summer flounder44
- King mackerel43
- Black sea bass40
- Red snapper38
- Florida pompano35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Sheepshead35
- Gag grouper34
- Red grouper34
- Spanish mackerel32
- Atlantic croaker30
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Black drum30
- Greater amberjack30
- Red drum30
- Southern flounder30
- Spot30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Weakfish30
- Little tunny29
- Bluefish28
- Cobia28
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 2811 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMMoving water
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.9 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
31Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
Baums Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Baums Creek
Baums Creek is a gut in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, gray snapper and summer flounder. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, gray snapper, summer flounder and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black sea bass, red snapper, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Summer flounder peak from September 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.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Crevalle jack 48
- King mackerel 45
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- Horsebone49
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Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 49
- Crevalle jack 48
- King mackerel 45
14 kt NEH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ftL 11:31 AM · 0.9 ft
- Pettys Pond48
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Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 48
- King mackerel 45
- Gray snapper 43
14 kt NEH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ftL 11:31 AM · 0.9 ft
- Goat Island Bay47
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 47
- Gray snapper 47
- King mackerel 43
14 kt NEH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ftL 11:31 AM · 0.9 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.