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CobiaShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Hall Point

35.14°N · 76.71°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 8 PM · Cobia

74/100Great
Now
5010 AM EDT
Best window
5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 10 AM · now

Time10ANOW
Score50Good
Tide0.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward S
Wind4 kn NEgusts 11 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 3 s
Air temp80°Warm
WeatherClear18% cloud
Water80°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in North Carolina

Spot profile

Hall Point

Depth
4-8 ftFlat bottom
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 Hall Point

Hall Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 4-8 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, little tunny and gray triggerfish. 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

  • Swindell Bay

    Bay · 0.3 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 67

    4 kt NEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Fowler Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    64
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 64
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 63

    4 kt NEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Mason Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    64
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 64
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 63

    4 kt NEH 10:18 PM · 0.5 ftL 6:41 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Chapel Creek Point

    Cape · 0.5 mi

    64
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 64
    • Spot 64
    • Atlantic tarpon 63

    4 kt NEH 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.