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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Red drum67
- Crevalle jack66
- Florida pompano64
- Gray snapper64
- King mackerel64
- Southern flounder62
- Little tunny60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Summer flounder60
- Spanish mackerel58
- Black drum55
- Gray triggerfish54
- Black sea bass53
- Gag grouper53
- Red snapper53
- Red grouper52
- Cobia50
- Greater amberjack50
- Sheepshead50
- Weakfish50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 508 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.6 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
59Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt SEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, Spanish mackerel and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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
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- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 71
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- Henry Jones Creek77
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 76
- Red drum 73
4 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 ft
- White Point74
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
4 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 ft
- Shell Point73
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 69
4 kt SEL 1:35 AM · 0.8 ftH 6:39 AM · 1.4 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.