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Cape · North Carolina

Spencer Point

35.18°N · 76.61°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 4 PM · Cobia

79/100Great
Now
278 AM EST
Best window
2-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 10 · 1 PM

Time1P
Score35Fair
Tide0.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind8 kn WNWgusts 20 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.6 ft · 3 s
Air temp60°Mild
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water67°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

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When Cobia is best here

Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks

Cobia season by week of the year. Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks.
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Spot profile

Spencer Point

Depth
1-5 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Spencer Point

Spencer Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and little tunny. It is peak season now for little tunny, Florida pompano, spotted seatrout and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Little tunny peak 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.
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.
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

  • Harper Creek

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    72
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 72
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Little tunny 65

    10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Wise Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    68
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Spot 68
    • Little tunny 66

    6 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Sanders Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Garden Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    10 kt NNEL 12:48 PM · 0.4 ftH 9:09 PM · 0.6 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.