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Cape · North Carolina

Deep Point

35.15°N · 76.54°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 5 PM · Cobia

82/100Great
Now
278 AM EST
Best window
2-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM

Time4P
Score35Fair
Tide0.3 ft ▲Flooding
Wind3 kn ESEgusts 9 · steady
Air temp64°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy72% cloud
Water66°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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

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When Cobia is best here

Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks

Cobia season by week of the year. Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks.
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Spot profile

Deep Point

Depth
1-2 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 Deep Point

Deep Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 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 red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, little tunny and Florida pompano, 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. 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.
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

  • Fisherman Bay

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    73
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Florida pompano 68

    9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Maw Bay

    Bay · 0.8 mi

    71
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 71
    • Atlantic croaker 70
    • Red drum 66

    9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Maw Point Shoal

    Bar · 1.2 mi

    70
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 70
    • Spot 66
    • Atlantic croaker 65

    9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Maw Point

    Cape · 0.3 mi

    68
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 68
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Little tunny 65

    9 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 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.