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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Red drum59
- Crevalle jack55
- Southern flounder54
- Gray snapper52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Summer flounder52
- King mackerel51
- Black drum50
- Red snapper46
- Weakfish45
- Florida pompano43
- Black sea bass42
- Cobia42
- Gray triggerfish42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Sheepshead40
- Spanish mackerel40
- Greater amberjack37
- Little tunny36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 3 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 4211 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMMoving water
- Tide now
- Low1.1 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 · 11 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
20Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & 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 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
Coinjock Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Coinjock Bay
Coinjock Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, weakfish and Florida pompano. 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
- Goose Castle65
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Spot 62
8 kt EH 5:00 AM · 3.1 ftL 10:46 AM · 1.1 ft
- Cedar Island Bay60
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Atlantic tarpon 60
8 kt EH 4:53 AM · 3.0 ftL 10:39 AM · 1.1 ft
- Long Point56
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 56
- Spot 56
- Atlantic tarpon 55
8 kt EH 4:53 AM · 3.0 ftL 10:39 AM · 1.1 ft
- Wolf House Point55
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 55
- Spot 55
- Atlantic tarpon 54
8 kt EH 4:53 AM · 3.0 ftL 10:39 AM · 1.1 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.