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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Red drum69
- Crevalle jack66
- Southern flounder65
- Gray snapper63
- Spotted seatrout62
- Summer flounder62
- King mackerel61
- Black drum59
- Red snapper56
- Florida pompano55
- Weakfish55
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper52
- Cobia51
- Sheepshead50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Greater amberjack49
- Little tunny46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 513 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.1 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 · 8 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 8 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
45Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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 yesterday
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
Calico Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Calico Creek
Calico Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Florida pompano and weakfish. 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
- Calico Bay74
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 73
8 kt NNEH 5:56 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:01 PM · 0.8 ft
- Crab Point Bay71
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
8 kt NNEH 5:56 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:01 PM · 0.8 ft
- Dennis Bay71
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 70
8 kt NNEH 5:56 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:01 PM · 0.8 ft
- Willis Point69
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 69
8 kt NNEH 5:56 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:01 PM · 0.8 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.