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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Little tunny69
- Bluefish66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Red drum64
- Weakfish64
- Black sea bass62
- Southern flounder62
- Summer flounder62
- Black drum58
- Gag grouper58
- Spot58
- Atlantic croaker57
- Florida pompano53
- Sheepshead53
- Red snapper51
- Striped bass51
- King mackerel49
- Greater amberjack46
- Crevalle jack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3411 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 1 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
83Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
19Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 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
Hampton Shoal
- Depth
- 6-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Hampton Shoal
Hampton Shoal is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 6-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, spotted seatrout and red drum, and shoulder season for summer flounder, black drum, spot and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
- 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.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
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- Cooper Point71
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- Spotted seatrout 66
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- Live Oak Point71
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- Spotted seatrout 66
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- Rowland Point71
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Spotted seatrout 66
- Bluefish 64
5 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 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.