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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot64
- Gray snapper63
- King mackerel63
- Crevalle jack62
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Red drum61
- Red snapper57
- Spotted seatrout57
- Summer flounder57
- Little tunny55
- Black sea bass54
- Gray triggerfish54
- Black drum53
- Gag grouper53
- Red grouper53
- Southern flounder53
- Spanish mackerel51
- Greater amberjack50
- Weakfish50
- Sheepshead49
- Cobia46
- Florida pompano44
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 461 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-3 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 7 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off 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
Bensons Point
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- 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 Bensons Point
Bensons Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-6 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 gray snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, gray snapper and king mackerel, and shoulder season for red snapper, little tunny, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June 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
- Mount Pheasant Bay70
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Red drum 70
- Spot 70
12 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Hickory Creek Bay70
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 67
12 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Old Hill Bay70
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
12 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Hog Island Shoal65
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 65
- King mackerel 65
- Summer flounder 65
12 kt NEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 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.