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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Black sea bass63
- Little tunny62
- Weakfish62
- Bluefish61
- Florida pompano61
- Red drum60
- Gag grouper59
- Atlantic croaker58
- Spot58
- Summer flounder56
- Striped bass55
- Sheepshead54
- Black drum53
- Red snapper53
- King mackerel48
- Crevalle jack45
- Greater amberjack44
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Atlantic tarpon34
- Cobia30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 308 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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, Nov 6 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
86Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
88Wind: 10 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 68°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Lookout Bight
- Depth
- 5-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- 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 Lookout Bight
Lookout Bight is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, little tunny and weakfish. It is peak season now for black sea bass, little tunny, weakfish and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and striped bass. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Little tunny peak from October through November. Weakfish peak from October 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Wreck Point66
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- Bluefish 61
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- Catfish Point66
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Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Black sea bass 63
- Bluefish 63
15 kt NEH 1:05 PM · 4.4 ftL 7:42 PM · 0.8 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.