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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Red drum64
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Spotted seatrout61
- Southern flounder59
- Florida pompano58
- King mackerel57
- Gray snapper56
- Crevalle jack55
- Summer flounder53
- Black drum52
- Spanish mackerel48
- Red snapper47
- Gray triggerfish46
- Little tunny46
- Weakfish46
- Black sea bass45
- Cobia45
- Gag grouper45
- Red grouper44
- Sheepshead43
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 459 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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
Friday, Sep 25 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
77Wind: 12 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
39Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In 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 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
Fork Point
- Depth
- 1-3 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Fork Point
Fork Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel 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
- Bulah Point73
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Red drum 64
5 kt SEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft
- Graveyard Point73
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Red drum 64
5 kt SEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft
- Hamilton Point73
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Red drum 73
- Spot 71
5 kt SEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft
- Skate Point73
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Red drum 64
4 kt SSEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 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.