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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot62
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Red drum54
- Southern flounder54
- Gray snapper53
- Little tunny53
- Crevalle jack51
- Florida pompano51
- King mackerel51
- Summer flounder51
- Weakfish49
- Black drum47
- Black sea bass44
- Red snapper44
- Spanish mackerel43
- Gag grouper42
- Gray triggerfish41
- Red grouper41
- Sheepshead41
- Cobia39
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 392 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Oct 1 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 5 kt EPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
65Light: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
33Off 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
Bonners Point
- Depth
- 1-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Bonners Point
Bonners Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for little tunny, Florida pompano, weakfish 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
- Big Bay67
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Atlantic tarpon 62
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Catnip Point62
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 57
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Plum Point62
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 57
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Sullivan Point62
Cape · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Spot 62
- Atlantic tarpon 57
10 kt NNEL 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.