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- Best of all
- Weakfish79
- Black sea bass76
- Red drum75
- Spotted seatrout75
- Summer flounder73
- Atlantic croaker72
- Little tunny72
- Spot70
- Southern flounder69
- Florida pompano68
- Black drum67
- Bluefish67
- Gag grouper67
- Striped bass67
- Sheepshead66
- Red snapper60
- King mackerel59
- Crevalle jack58
- Greater amberjack55
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3511 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.8 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
Sunday, Nov 8 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 68°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Beaufort Channel
- Depth
- 3-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Beaufort Channel
Beaufort Channel is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, black sea bass and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, black sea bass, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for summer flounder, Atlantic croaker, spot and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Morehead City Channel79
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- Black sea bass 77
- Red drum 75
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- Beaufort Inlet77
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 77
- Little tunny 77
- Weakfish 75
7 kt NEH 1:31 PM · 3.8 ftL 8:07 PM · 0.7 ft
- Carrot Island Channel76
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Black sea bassPeak season- Black sea bass 76
- Red drum 75
- Weakfish 75
7 kt NEH 2:16 PM · 3.4 ftL 8:44 PM · 0.5 ft
- Bird Shoal75
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 75
- Little tunny 73
- Spotted seatrout 72
7 kt NEH 1:31 PM · 3.8 ftL 8:07 PM · 0.7 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.