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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout75
- Weakfish74
- Little tunny73
- Red drum73
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot72
- Southern flounder71
- Black sea bass70
- Bluefish68
- Black drum67
- Gag grouper66
- Sheepshead66
- Summer flounder66
- Striped bass61
- Red snapper60
- Florida pompano55
- Crevalle jack54
- King mackerel54
- Greater amberjack50
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3511 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Tuesday, Nov 3 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
68Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.9 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
Mason Bay
- Depth
- 2-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Mason Bay
Mason Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and little tunny. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, little tunny and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and sheepshead. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Mason Point76
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 76
- Black sea bass 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Swan Point76
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 76
- Black sea bass 70
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Chapel Creek Point76
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 76
- Black sea bass 71
- Spotted seatrout 70
5 kt NEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft
- Swindell Bay75
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 75
- Weakfish 74
- Little tunny 73
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.