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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot60
- Florida pompano51
- Atlantic tarpon47
- Gray snapper47
- Red drum47
- Crevalle jack46
- King mackerel44
- Summer flounder41
- Red snapper40
- Gray triggerfish38
- Southern flounder38
- Spotted seatrout38
- Black drum37
- Black sea bass37
- Little tunny37
- Gag grouper36
- Red grouper36
- Spanish mackerel35
- Sheepshead33
- Weakfish33
- Bluefish32
- Greater amberjack32
- Cobia28
Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 281 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 5 kt SPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
30Off 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
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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red snapper, gray triggerfish and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
- 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
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Florida pompano 51
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- Dick Point62
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Florida pompano 51
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- James Creek Point62
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Florida pompano 51
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ft
- Clark Point62
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 60
- Florida pompano 51
13 kt NEH 1:18 AM · 0.6 ftL 7:10 AM · 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.