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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker56
- Spot53
- Atlantic tarpon52
- Red drum51
- Gray snapper50
- Crevalle jack49
- Summer flounder48
- King mackerel46
- Southern flounder46
- Spotted seatrout46
- Black drum44
- Black sea bass42
- Weakfish41
- Florida pompano40
- Red snapper40
- Gray triggerfish37
- Sheepshead37
- Gag grouper36
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel33
- Greater amberjack32
- Little tunny29
- Bluefish28
- Cobia28
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 282 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
15Tide: Low slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
Codds Creek
- Depth
- Up to 3 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 Codds Creek
Codds Creek is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is up to 3 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, weakfish and Florida pompano. 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Zack Creek57
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- Spot 54
- Red drum 53
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- Try Yard Creek56
Gut · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 56
- Red drum 53
- Spot 53
13 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ftL 2:07 PM · 0.5 ft
- Hogpen Bay53
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 53
- Spot 52
- Crevalle jack 49
13 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ftL 2:07 PM · 0.5 ft
- Mullet Cove53
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 53
- Spot 52
- Crevalle jack 49
13 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ftL 2:07 PM · 0.5 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.