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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot59
- Crevalle jack58
- Red drum58
- Atlantic tarpon56
- King mackerel53
- Southern flounder53
- Summer flounder53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Black drum49
- Gray snapper49
- Florida pompano45
- Gray triggerfish44
- Black sea bass43
- Cobia43
- Gag grouper43
- Red snapper43
- Weakfish43
- Red grouper42
- Spanish mackerel42
- Sheepshead39
- Greater amberjack37
- Little tunny37
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 432 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
20Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
71Wind: 13 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: 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 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
Sanborns Gut
- Depth
- Up to 1 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 Sanborns Gut
Sanborns Gut is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is up to 1 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, gray triggerfish and black sea bass. 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
- Big Gut60
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 58
13 kt ENEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- Turnagain Bay60
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 58
13 kt ENEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- Deep Gut60
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 58
13 kt ENEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft
- Hog Point58
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 58
- Atlantic tarpon 56
- Atlantic croaker 55
13 kt ENEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 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.