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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot76
- Atlantic tarpon75
- Crevalle jack74
- Gray snapper72
- Summer flounder72
- King mackerel69
- Red drum69
- Black drum66
- Black sea bass65
- Southern flounder64
- Spotted seatrout63
- Florida pompano62
- Sheepshead62
- Weakfish61
- Gray triggerfish60
- Red snapper60
- Gag grouper59
- Red grouper59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Greater amberjack54
- Little tunny54
- Cobia52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 523 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.9 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
80Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Cow Channel
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Cow Channel
Cow Channel is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and sheepshead. 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
- Bank Channel80
Channel · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 75
8 kt ENEH 5:30 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ft
- Bear Inlet80
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 80
- Atlantic croaker 77
- King mackerel 76
9 kt ENEH 5:30 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sanders Creek80
Gut · 2.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 77
- Atlantic tarpon 77
8 kt ENEH 5:30 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:56 PM · 0.6 ft
- Bogue Inlet78
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 78
- Atlantic croaker 76
- Atlantic tarpon 76
8 kt ENEH 5:30 PM · 2.5 ftL 11:56 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.