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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot78
- Red drum76
- Spotted seatrout72
- Southern flounder71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack68
- Summer flounder65
- King mackerel64
- Black drum61
- Florida pompano61
- Gray snapper61
- Cobia56
- Spanish mackerel55
- Weakfish55
- Gray triggerfish54
- Black sea bass53
- Gag grouper53
- Red snapper53
- Red grouper52
- Sheepshead50
- Greater amberjack47
- Little tunny47
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 568 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
51Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 4 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
86Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.5 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
Deep Gut
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Deep Gut
Deep Gut is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, cobia and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- 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 78
- Red drum 76
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- Big Gut79
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 78
- Red drum 76
4 kt SSEH 10:16 PM · 0.3 ftL 4:01 AM · 0.2 ft
- Tump Gut79
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 78
- Red drum 76
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- Hog Point76
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 76
- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 73
4 kt SSEH 10:16 PM · 0.3 ftL 4:01 AM · 0.2 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.