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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot70
- Crevalle jack64
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Red drum61
- Summer flounder61
- Florida pompano60
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel60
- Black sea bass56
- Black drum55
- Gag grouper50
- Gray triggerfish50
- Red snapper50
- Sheepshead50
- Weakfish50
- Red grouper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Little tunny47
- Greater amberjack45
- Cobia39
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 396 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
47Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 11 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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
Sanders Creek
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Sanders Creek
Sanders Creek is a gut in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black sea bass, black drum and gag grouper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
- Buzzard Lead73
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- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 64
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- Wells Creek69
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Crevalle jack 64
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Sanders Bay69
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Crevalle jack 64
11 kt ENEL 11:29 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:39 AM · 3.2 ft
- Brant Island Pond69
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Crevalle jack 64
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.