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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Little tunny64
- Bluefish62
- Florida pompano61
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot60
- Black sea bass58
- Red drum58
- Weakfish58
- Striped bass57
- Spotted seatrout55
- Gag grouper53
- Black drum51
- Southern flounder51
- Red snapper50
- Sheepshead48
- Summer flounder48
- Greater amberjack42
- King mackerel41
- Crevalle jack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel32
- Cobia29
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 292 AM EST
- Best window
- 3-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.7 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
94Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 68°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Shell Point
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Shell Point
Shell Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, Florida pompano and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, striped bass and black drum. Little tunny peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cedar Point67
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 67
- Little tunny 64
- Spotted seatrout 63
8 kt NNEL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ftH 1:40 PM · 3.5 ft
- Howard Bay65
Bay · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Florida pompano 65
- Spot 65
8 kt NNEL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ftH 1:40 PM · 3.5 ft
- Mile Hammock Bay65
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Florida pompano 65
- Spot 65
8 kt NNEL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ftH 1:40 PM · 3.5 ft
- Traps Bay65
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Florida pompano 65
- Spot 65
8 kt NNEL 7:08 AM · 0.4 ftH 1:40 PM · 3.5 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.