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Cape · North Carolina

Green Point

35.60°N · 75.47°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 1 PM · Cobia

80/100Great
Now
353 PM EST
Best window
6-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.7 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Wednesday, Nov 11 · 4 PM

Time4P
Score35Fair
Tide0.5 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.9 knmodeled · toward NNE
Wind9 kn NWgusts 18 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 5 s
Air temp63°Mild
WeatherClear1% cloud
Water66°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

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When Cobia is best here

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Spot profile

Green Point

Depth
3-4 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Green Point

Green Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for little tunny, weakfish, red drum and black sea bass, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and summer flounder. Little tunny peak from October through November. Weakfish peak from October 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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 80
    • Red drum 78
    • Spotted seatrout 77

    8 kt ENEH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ftL 10:46 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Top: WeakfishPeak season
    • Weakfish 80
    • Red drum 79
    • Spotted seatrout 78

    8 kt ENEH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ftL 10:46 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Round Hammock Bay

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    80
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 80
    • Spotted seatrout 78
    • Weakfish 77

    8 kt ENEH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ftL 10:46 PM · 0.5 ft

  • Greens Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    79
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 79
    • Weakfish 72
    • Black sea bass 71

    8 kt ENEH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ftL 10:46 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.