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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker67
- Spot65
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Red drum60
- Florida pompano53
- Southern flounder53
- Gray snapper51
- Crevalle jack50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Summer flounder50
- King mackerel48
- Black drum47
- Little tunny41
- Red snapper41
- Gray triggerfish40
- Spanish mackerel40
- Black sea bass39
- Gag grouper39
- Red grouper38
- Weakfish37
- Sheepshead36
- Cobia35
- Greater amberjack35
- Bluefish33
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 359 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
14Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 11 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Season: 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
Deep Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 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 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 red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and red snapper. 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
- Maw Bay76
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 74
- Red drum 61
11 kt ENEH 9:15 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Fisherman Bay73
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Florida pompano 59
11 kt ENEH 9:15 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Maw Point Shoal71
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 63
11 kt ENEH 9:15 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Maw Point68
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
- Florida pompano 55
11 kt ENEH 9:15 PM · 0.6 ftL 5:58 AM · 0.4 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.