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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot72
- Red drum62
- Southern flounder62
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Crevalle jack55
- Spotted seatrout55
- Florida pompano53
- Gray snapper53
- Summer flounder51
- King mackerel46
- Weakfish45
- Black drum44
- Red snapper42
- Cobia40
- Gray triggerfish40
- Spanish mackerel40
- Black sea bass39
- Gag grouper38
- Red grouper38
- Sheepshead37
- Bluefish34
- Greater amberjack34
- Little tunny34
Best score today · 7 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 4010 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- High0.5 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
14Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 2 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Dowdy Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Dowdy Creek
Dowdy Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 southern flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, weakfish, black drum and red snapper. 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
- Jones Bay74
Bay · 1.0 mi
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- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 62
2 kt EH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Dump Creek74
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 72
- Red drum 62
2 kt EH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Gibb Point69
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 67
- Atlantic tarpon 58
2 kt EH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Log Point69
Cape · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 67
- Atlantic tarpon 58
2 kt EH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 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.