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CobiaShoulder seasonChannel · North Carolina
Crab Point Thorofare
34.73°N · 76.70°W · Channel · Neuse and Bay Rivers
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot77
- Atlantic tarpon72
- Crevalle jack71
- Gray snapper69
- Summer flounder69
- Red drum67
- King mackerel66
- Black drum64
- Black sea bass63
- Florida pompano63
- Spotted seatrout62
- Southern flounder60
- Sheepshead59
- Weakfish59
- Gray triggerfish58
- Red snapper58
- Spanish mackerel58
- Gag grouper57
- Red grouper56
- Little tunny52
- Greater amberjack51
- Cobia49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 497 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.3 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
60Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Crab Point Thorofare
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Crab Point Thorofare
Crab Point Thorofare is a channel in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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
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- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 71
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- Yacht Basin77
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- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 71
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- Crab Point Bay75
Bay · 0.9 mi
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- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 70
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- Willis Point71
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 66
9 kt NEL 11:56 PM · 1.0 ftH 5:56 AM · 3.2 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.