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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot65
- Crevalle jack63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- King mackerel60
- Red drum60
- Gray snapper59
- Summer flounder59
- Florida pompano57
- Southern flounder56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum55
- Spanish mackerel54
- Cobia50
- Weakfish50
- Black sea bass49
- Gag grouper49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Sheepshead49
- Red grouper48
- Little tunny46
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5012 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
49Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
72Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Bonner Bay
- Depth
- 5-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Bonner Bay
Bonner Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
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 Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and cobia. 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
- Sheephead Creek65
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Crevalle jack 63
- Red drum 63
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Bryan Point65
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 65
- Atlantic tarpon 63
- Atlantic croaker 60
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Davis Island Point60
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Crevalle jack 58
- Spot 58
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Bryan Shoal60
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Florida pompano 59
- Summer flounder 59
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.