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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker76
- Spot75
- Atlantic tarpon73
- Crevalle jack73
- Red drum73
- Southern flounder73
- Summer flounder70
- King mackerel67
- Gray snapper66
- Black drum64
- Spotted seatrout64
- Cobia61
- Florida pompano61
- Gray triggerfish59
- Black sea bass58
- Red snapper58
- Gag grouper57
- Red grouper57
- Sheepshead57
- Spanish mackerel57
- Weakfish56
- Greater amberjack55
- Little tunny52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 613 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Brooks Creek
- Depth
- Up to 2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Brooks Creek
Brooks Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, cobia, Florida pompano and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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
- North River Thorofare79
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 75
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- North River Channel79
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 76
7 kt EH 5:56 PM · 2.1 ftL 12:28 AM · 0.8 ft
- Harkers Point70
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 68
7 kt EH 6:39 PM · 1.7 ftL 1:32 AM · 0.6 ft
- Shep Shoal70
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Summer flounder 70
- Spot 69
7 kt EH 5:49 PM · 2.6 ftL 12:12 AM · 0.9 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.