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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot64
- Florida pompano63
- Summer flounder58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Crevalle jack57
- King mackerel57
- Red drum55
- Gray snapper54
- Spanish mackerel54
- Black drum53
- Southern flounder48
- Black sea bass47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Gag grouper46
- Red grouper46
- Red snapper46
- Spotted seatrout46
- Little tunny45
- Weakfish43
- Sheepshead42
- Cobia41
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 418 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
44Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
77Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
68Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 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
Boar Shoal
- Depth
- 3-5 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 Boar Shoal
Boar Shoal is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
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- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 63
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- Little Drum Creek72
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 63
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Boar Point67
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 57
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Bay Point67
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 64
- Crevalle jack 57
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 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.