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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot73
- Florida pompano62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Crevalle jack59
- Gray snapper57
- Red drum56
- Summer flounder54
- Southern flounder53
- King mackerel52
- Spanish mackerel49
- Black drum48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Sheepshead46
- Black sea bass44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Red snapper44
- Weakfish44
- Cobia43
- Gag grouper43
- Little tunny42
- Red grouper42
- Greater amberjack38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 436 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.0 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 3 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 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 yesterday
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
Morgan Bay
- Depth
- 3-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Morgan Bay
Morgan Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and 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.
- 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
- Courthouse Bay75
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 62
3 kt NL 12:50 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:02 PM · 1.1 ft
- Creels Point70
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 58
3 kt NL 12:50 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:02 PM · 1.1 ft
- Hall Point70
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 58
3 kt NL 12:50 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:02 PM · 1.1 ft
- Jarretts Point70
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 58
3 kt NL 12:50 PM · 0.6 ftH 7:02 PM · 1.1 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.