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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Crevalle jack66
- King mackerel66
- Red drum64
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Florida pompano60
- Summer flounder59
- Gray snapper57
- Southern flounder56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum55
- Gray triggerfish53
- Black sea bass52
- Gag grouper52
- Red snapper52
- Little tunny51
- Red grouper51
- Spanish mackerel51
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Weakfish47
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 478 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.0 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, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 5 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
45Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 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
Bogue Sound
- Depth
- 4-6 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 Bogue Sound
Bogue Sound is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 4-6 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, gray triggerfish and black sea bass. 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
- Sanders Creek75
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Crevalle jack 74
7 kt NNEL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ft
- Sanders Point70
Cape · 4.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Crevalle jack 69
- Spot 69
7 kt NNEL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ft
- Humphrey Point70
Cape · 4.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Crevalle jack 69
- Spot 69
7 kt NNEL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:46 AM · 2.1 ft
- Rock Point67
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Crevalle jack 61
7 kt NNEL 1:43 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:10 AM · 1.8 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.