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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot65
- Atlantic tarpon64
- King mackerel64
- Gray snapper62
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum60
- Summer flounder58
- Florida pompano56
- Black drum54
- Red snapper53
- Spanish mackerel51
- Black sea bass50
- Gray triggerfish50
- Sheepshead50
- Weakfish50
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Cobia45
- Little tunny45
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 451 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 77°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
51Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stump Sound
- Depth
- 2-9 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 Stump Sound
Stump Sound is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Stump Inlet (historical)70
Gut · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Atlantic tarpon 67
- Spot 66
9 kt NNEH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ftL 11:32 AM · 0.7 ft
- Spicer Bay66
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 64
9 kt NNEH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ftL 11:32 AM · 0.7 ft
- Everett Bay66
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 64
9 kt NNEH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ftL 11:32 AM · 0.7 ft
- Rogers Bay66
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Red drum 65
- Spot 65
9 kt NNEH 5:36 AM · 4.0 ftL 11:32 AM · 0.7 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.