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Cape · North Carolina

Robinson Point

35.42°N · 76.96°W · Cape · Pamlico and Pungo Rivers

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Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia

55/100Good
Now
354 AM EDT
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4-11 AMDawn

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 AM · now

Time4ANOW
Score35Fair
Wind9 kn NNEgusts 18 · steady
Air temp73°Warm
WeatherOvercast90% cloud

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

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When Cobia is best here

Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder

Cobia season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Cobia in North Carolina

Spot profile

Robinson Point

Depth
1-4 ftNearest water
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 Robinson Point

Robinson Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 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 spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, spotted seatrout and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for little tunny, weakfish, black drum and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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

  • Buckhorn Cove

    Bay · 0.9 mi

    57
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 57
    • Spot 57
    • Spotted seatrout 55

    9 kt NNE

  • Blounts Bay

    Bay · 2.3 mi

    57
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 57
    • Spot 57
    • Spotted seatrout 55

    9 kt NNE

  • Red Bug Point

    Cape · 1.1 mi

    52
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 52
    • Spot 52
    • Spotted seatrout 51

    9 kt NNE

  • Maules Point

    Cape · 3.1 mi

    52
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 52
    • Spot 52
    • Spotted seatrout 51

    9 kt NNE

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.