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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish63
- Little tunny62
- Black sea bass61
- Red drum61
- Bluefish60
- Florida pompano60
- Spotted seatrout59
- Spot58
- Summer flounder58
- Atlantic croaker57
- Gag grouper57
- Black drum54
- Sheepshead54
- Southern flounder54
- Striped bass51
- Red snapper50
- King mackerel48
- Crevalle jack44
- Greater amberjack42
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia33
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3310 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 7 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 65°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Eastmouth Bay
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Eastmouth Bay
Eastmouth Bay 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 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, little tunny and black sea bass. It is peak season now for weakfish, little tunny, black sea bass and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, summer flounder, Atlantic croaker and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sandy Point67
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Black sea bass 64
- Bluefish 61
10 kt NNEH 3:16 PM · 1.9 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.4 ft
- White Point66
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Red drum 65
- Spotted seatrout 62
10 kt NNEH 3:16 PM · 1.9 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.4 ft
- Henry Jones Creek65
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 65
- Weakfish 63
- Spotted seatrout 62
10 kt NNEH 3:16 PM · 1.9 ftL 10:30 PM · 0.4 ft
- Wading Point65
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 65
- Red drum 65
- Spotted seatrout 62
10 kt NNEH 3:32 PM · 1.9 ftL 10:27 PM · 0.3 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.