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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Black sea bass66
- Gag grouper63
- Red drum63
- Little tunny62
- Bluefish60
- Florida pompano59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Southern flounder57
- Black drum55
- Red snapper55
- Sheepshead55
- Summer flounder53
- Weakfish51
- Atlantic croaker50
- Greater amberjack50
- Spot49
- King mackerel47
- Striped bass42
- Crevalle jack38
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Atlantic tarpon34
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 3511 AM EST
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
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Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
29Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt SSEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 68°F, coolLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 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
White Rock
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 White Rock
White Rock is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, gag grouper and red drum. It is peak season now for black sea bass, gag grouper, red drum and little tunny, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, sheepshead and summer flounder. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Gag grouper peak from November through December. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Turtle Rock69
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 69
- Little tunny 68
- Bluefish 66
8 kt SSEH 5:24 PM · 3.3 ftL 11:41 PM · 0.2 ft
- Lawton Point69
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 69
- Red drum 68
- Bluefish 63
8 kt SSEH 5:09 PM · 2.6 ftL 11:30 PM · 0.2 ft
- Oyster Creek63
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Black sea bass 58
- Bluefish 58
8 kt SSEH 5:24 PM · 3.3 ftL 11:41 PM · 0.2 ft
- Penn Point59
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 59
- Red drum 58
- Black sea bass 55
8 kt SSEH 4:46 PM · 3.3 ftL 10:52 PM · 0.3 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.