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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot76
- Crevalle jack75
- Atlantic tarpon74
- Gray snapper72
- Summer flounder72
- Red drum71
- King mackerel70
- Black sea bass66
- Southern flounder66
- Black drum65
- Spotted seatrout64
- Gray triggerfish62
- Red snapper62
- Sheepshead62
- Weakfish61
- Gag grouper60
- Red grouper60
- Spanish mackerel60
- Greater amberjack58
- Little tunny54
- Cobia53
- Florida pompano53
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 538 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.8 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
82Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
68Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 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
Beaufort Inlet Channel
- Depth
- 15-50 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Outer · ExposedChannel · slope
- 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 Beaufort Inlet Channel
Beaufort Inlet Channel is a gut in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 15-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, outer water and exposed.
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 black sea bass, black drum, gray triggerfish and red snapper. 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
- Beaufort Inlet79
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Crevalle jack 78
- King mackerel 76
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- Beaufort Channel79
Channel · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Crevalle jack 77
- Spot 76
8 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 1.3 ftH 5:40 AM · 3.1 ft
- Morehead City Channel79
Channel · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Crevalle jack 76
- Spot 76
8 kt NEL 11:59 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:50 AM · 3.0 ft
- Tombstone Point72
Cape · 2.2 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 72
- Crevalle jack 71
- Atlantic croaker 70
8 kt NEL 11:59 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:50 AM · 3.0 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.