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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish71
- Spotted seatrout68
- Red drum67
- Bluefish65
- Striped bass60
- Summer flounder60
- Black sea bass58
- Southern flounder58
- Little tunny57
- Atlantic croaker55
- Florida pompano55
- Spot53
- Black drum52
- Gag grouper49
- King mackerel47
- Sheepshead47
- Red snapper45
- Crevalle jack44
- Greater amberjack43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel34
- Cobia33
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 339 PM EST
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
41Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 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
Blair Channel
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Blair Channel
Blair Channel is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spotted seatrout and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, red drum and bluefish, and shoulder season for striped bass, summer flounder, Atlantic croaker and spot. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Red drum 68
- Spotted seatrout 68
12 kt EH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ftL 8:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Wallace Channel71
Channel · 0.3 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 71
- Spotted seatrout 68
- Red drum 67
12 kt EH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ftL 8:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Oyster Rocks67
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 67
- Florida pompano 63
- Little tunny 63
12 kt EH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ftL 8:18 AM · 0.4 ft
- Haulover Point66
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: BluefishPeak season- Bluefish 66
- Little tunny 65
- Red drum 63
12 kt EH 2:12 AM · 1.9 ftL 8:18 AM · 0.4 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.