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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel75
- Gray snapper73
- Red snapper67
- Summer flounder67
- Atlantic croaker66
- Atlantic tarpon66
- Spot66
- Crevalle jack65
- Red drum65
- Gray triggerfish64
- Black sea bass63
- Gag grouper63
- Greater amberjack62
- Red grouper62
- Black drum59
- Florida pompano59
- Spanish mackerel59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Southern flounder57
- Cobia55
- Little tunny55
- Sheepshead55
- Weakfish53
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5511 PM EDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 · 11 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.3 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
Gull Rocks
- Depth
- 3-7 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 Gull Rocks
Gull Rocks is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-7 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, gray snapper and red snapper. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, summer flounder and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for red snapper, gray triggerfish, black sea bass and gag grouper. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Red snapper peak from May through August.
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.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
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- Spot 66
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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.