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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot75
- Red drum70
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Southern flounder67
- Spotted seatrout66
- Crevalle jack60
- Summer flounder58
- Florida pompano57
- King mackerel57
- Black drum56
- Gray snapper56
- Weakfish51
- Cobia49
- Red snapper47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Black sea bass45
- Gray triggerfish45
- Gag grouper44
- Red grouper44
- Sheepshead42
- Greater amberjack40
- Little tunny39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 499 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
34Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Abraham Bay
- Depth
- About 1 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 Abraham Bay
Abraham Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, weakfish and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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
- Pitman Creek77
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 75
- Red drum 70
4 kt ESEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Tump Gut75
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Red drum 72
4 kt ESEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 ft
- Turnagain Bay Spit72
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 65
4 kt ESEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Mulberry Point70
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Atlantic tarpon 66
4 kt ESEH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.2 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.