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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Red drum70
- Spotted seatrout68
- Florida pompano65
- Weakfish63
- Southern flounder59
- Bluefish57
- Black sea bass55
- Black drum54
- Little tunny54
- Summer flounder52
- Gag grouper51
- Striped bass50
- Sheepshead47
- Red snapper46
- Crevalle jack41
- Greater amberjack38
- King mackerel38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Cobia34
- Spanish mackerel29
Best score today · 3 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 347 PM EST
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.7 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
26Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 8 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
34Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Back Creek
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Back Creek
Back Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, Florida pompano and weakfish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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
- Middletown Anchorage74
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Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 74
- Atlantic croaker 72
- Florida pompano 70
8 kt SEL 1:27 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Lone Tree Creek71
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 71
- Spot 71
8 kt SEL 1:27 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Gibbs Shoal71
Bar · 3.1 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 71
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
8 kt SEL 1:27 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:46 AM · 0.7 ft
- Hillerys Cove71
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 70
8 kt SEL 1:27 AM · 0.4 ftH 6:46 AM · 0.7 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.