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- Best of all
- Southern flounder71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Red drum69
- Spot69
- Crevalle jack66
- Spotted seatrout66
- Summer flounder64
- King mackerel63
- Black drum60
- Gray snapper59
- Cobia55
- Florida pompano54
- Weakfish54
- Spanish mackerel53
- Red snapper52
- Black sea bass51
- Gag grouper51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Red grouper50
- Sheepshead49
- Greater amberjack46
- Little tunny46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5510 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
47Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
87Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
57Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
Pitman Creek
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Pitman Creek
Pitman Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are southern flounder, Atlantic croaker and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for southern flounder, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, cobia, Florida pompano and weakfish. Southern flounder peak from September through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- Southern flounder
- Flounder lie half buried on soft bottom along marsh edges, creek mouths, dock pilings and the sandy sides of passes, usually in 1 to 15 feet of water. Drag a mud minnow or finger mullet on a Carolina rig, or bump a soft plastic slowly along the bottom, and give the fish a few seconds before setting the hook. In fall the adults stack up at passes and jetties on their way offshore, and many anglers gig them at night in knee-deep water.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Turnagain Bay73
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Southern flounder 72
- Spot 72
4 kt NNEL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Hog Point72
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Southern flounderPeak season- Southern flounder 72
- Atlantic tarpon 72
- Red drum 71
4 kt NNEL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Abraham Bay70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Southern flounder 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
4 kt NNEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ft
- Turnagain Bay Spit65
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 65
4 kt NNEH 11:15 PM · 0.5 ftL 7:08 AM · 0.4 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.