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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano73
- Weakfish73
- Little tunny72
- Bluefish69
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout69
- Atlantic croaker67
- Summer flounder67
- Spot65
- Southern flounder64
- Black sea bass63
- Striped bass61
- King mackerel58
- Black drum56
- Gag grouper54
- Crevalle jack52
- Sheepshead52
- Greater amberjack47
- Red snapper47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 351 PM EST
- Best window
- 6-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.3 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 8 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
63Water temp: 68°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
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
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Hatteras Inlet
- Depth
- 5-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Inlet · Outer · ExposedInlet · slope
- 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 Hatteras Inlet
Hatteras Inlet is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads inlet, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, weakfish and little tunny. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, weakfish, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, summer flounder, spot and striped bass. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October 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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Tar Hole Inlet73
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- Little tunny 72
- Red drum 72
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- Austin Reef73
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- Red drum 71
- Weakfish 69
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- Cockrel Creek73
Channel · 3.4 mi
Top: WeakfishPeak season- Weakfish 73
- Red drum 71
- Spotted seatrout 69
8 kt NEH 1:32 PM · 2.4 ftL 8:09 PM · 0.4 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.