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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Red drum60
- Crevalle jack56
- Atlantic tarpon55
- Southern flounder55
- Florida pompano54
- Gray snapper51
- Spotted seatrout50
- Summer flounder50
- King mackerel48
- Black drum46
- Red snapper43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Weakfish43
- Black sea bass42
- Gray triggerfish42
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper40
- Cobia39
- Sheepshead37
- Greater amberjack36
- Little tunny36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 399 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
19Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Big Oyster Creek
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Big Oyster Creek
Big Oyster Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Little Oyster Creek73
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Red drum 63
12 kt NEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft
- Deep Point68
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 55
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Middle Bay Point68
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 65
- Atlantic tarpon 55
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Sage Point66
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
- Florida pompano 54
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 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.