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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot60
- Atlantic tarpon53
- Red drum53
- Crevalle jack52
- Florida pompano52
- Gray snapper52
- King mackerel50
- Red snapper45
- Summer flounder45
- Little tunny44
- Southern flounder44
- Spotted seatrout44
- Black drum43
- Black sea bass43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Spanish mackerel42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Greater amberjack38
- Sheepshead38
- Weakfish38
- Bluefish35
- Cobia33
Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 332 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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
Thursday, Sep 24 · 12 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
20Gusts over the limit · capped at 35Wind: 19 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
46Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Beard Island Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-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 Beard Island Point
Beard Island Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-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, red snapper, little tunny 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
- Wire Point62
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- Spot 60
- Red drum 53
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- Dick Point62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Red drum 53
13 kt NEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- James Creek Point62
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Red drum 53
13 kt NEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Clark Point62
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Red drum 53
13 kt NEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 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.