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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel61
- Florida pompano60
- Atlantic croaker58
- Spot58
- Gray snapper51
- Summer flounder51
- Red snapper49
- Crevalle jack48
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Black sea bass47
- Red grouper47
- Atlantic tarpon46
- Spanish mackerel45
- Red drum44
- Black drum43
- Greater amberjack42
- Spotted seatrout40
- Southern flounder39
- Cobia38
- Sheepshead38
- Little tunny37
- Bluefish33
- Weakfish33
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 385 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.1 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 · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
35Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
33Wind: 18 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.6 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
Flounder Rock
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Flounder Rock
Flounder Rock is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, Florida pompano and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, spot and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red snapper, gag grouper and gray triggerfish. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
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- Florida pompano 66
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- Atlantic croaker 58
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- Haulover Point59
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- Florida pompano 59
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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.