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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Red drum65
- Southern flounder64
- Gray snapper62
- Crevalle jack60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Black drum58
- Summer flounder58
- Florida pompano54
- Weakfish53
- King mackerel52
- Black sea bass51
- Red snapper48
- Sheepshead47
- Spanish mackerel47
- Gray triggerfish46
- Gag grouper44
- Red grouper44
- Greater amberjack40
- Little tunny40
- Cobia39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 1 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 392 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 4 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
Burbage Gut
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Burbage Gut
Burbage Gut is a gut in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, weakfish and black sea bass. 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
- The Narrows77
Channel · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 70
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Ward Point68
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 61
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Graveyard Point68
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 61
10 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Archbell Point68
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 61
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.