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- Best of all
- Florida pompano69
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot68
- King mackerel62
- Crevalle jack61
- Summer flounder60
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Gray snapper57
- Black drum56
- Red drum56
- Black sea bass53
- Little tunny53
- Red snapper53
- Gag grouper52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Red grouper51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Southern flounder50
- Greater amberjack47
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish44
- Cobia43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 436 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.5 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
45Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 11 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Gallop Shoal
- Depth
- 2-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Gallop Shoal
Gallop Shoal is a bar in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, Atlantic croaker and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Little Narrows77
Gut · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 69
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- The Hammock77
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 66
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Williams Slough73
Bay · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 67
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Sheep Pen Point68
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 62
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 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.