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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot64
- Atlantic croaker63
- Little tunny61
- Florida pompano60
- Black sea bass55
- Bluefish53
- Weakfish53
- Red drum52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Gag grouper51
- Southern flounder51
- Black drum48
- Summer flounder47
- Sheepshead46
- Striped bass45
- Red snapper44
- King mackerel38
- Gray triggerfish35
- Greater amberjack35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack32
- Atlantic tarpon31
- Gray snapper29
- Spanish mackerel28
- Cobia25
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 2510 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
60Wind: 11 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 66°F, coldLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cooper Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Cooper Point
Cooper Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, black sea bass and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Shop Gut69
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Florida pompano 64
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Windmill Point64
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Dewey Point64
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Chadwick Point64
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Little tunny 61
6 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 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.