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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot68
- Crevalle jack67
- Atlantic tarpon66
- Gray snapper66
- Red drum64
- King mackerel63
- Florida pompano62
- Summer flounder62
- Southern flounder57
- Spotted seatrout57
- Spanish mackerel56
- Black drum54
- Red snapper53
- Weakfish53
- Black sea bass51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Little tunny51
- Cobia50
- Gag grouper50
- Red grouper50
- Sheepshead50
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 509 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.6 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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
Johnsons Bay
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Johnsons Bay
Johnsons Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and red snapper. 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
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- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Spot 68
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- Bald Hill Bay69
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 68
- Crevalle jack 67
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- Blinds Hammock Bay66
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 66
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Gray snapper 65
12 kt NEL 11:00 PM · 1.3 ftH 5:02 AM · 3.8 ft
- Horse Point64
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- King mackerel 63
- Spot 63
12 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.6 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.