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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Crevalle jack69
- King mackerel66
- Florida pompano65
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Gray snapper64
- Red drum63
- Summer flounder63
- Spanish mackerel57
- Black drum56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black sea bass55
- Gag grouper55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red snapper55
- Southern flounder55
- Red grouper54
- Sheepshead54
- Weakfish52
- Cobia51
- Little tunny51
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 516 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.7 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
64Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
80Wind: 12 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.3 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: 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
Eastmouth Bay
- 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 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 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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
- Henry Jones Creek73
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 69
12 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ft
- Sandy Point68
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 67
- King mackerel 66
12 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ft
- White Point68
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Red drum 67
12 kt ENEH 7:09 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ft
- Wading Point68
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 68
- Atlantic croaker 67
- King mackerel 67
12 kt ENEH 7:25 PM · 1.8 ftL 2:12 AM · 0.5 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.