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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot75
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack70
- Red drum70
- King mackerel68
- Florida pompano67
- Summer flounder67
- Gray snapper65
- Spanish mackerel63
- Southern flounder62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Black drum60
- Black sea bass56
- Cobia56
- Weakfish55
- Little tunny54
- Sheepshead54
- Gray triggerfish52
- Gag grouper51
- Red snapper51
- Red grouper50
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 568 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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 · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
50Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
70Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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
Cedar Inlet
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · Semi-exposedInlet · 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 Cedar Inlet
Cedar Inlet is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July 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.
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- Florida pompano 65
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- Old Channel Point70
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- Spot 69
- King mackerel 63
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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.