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- Best of all
- Spot66
- Atlantic croaker64
- King mackerel62
- Crevalle jack61
- Gray snapper60
- Summer flounder55
- Black sea bass54
- Florida pompano54
- Black drum53
- Red drum52
- Spotted seatrout52
- Sheepshead51
- Red snapper50
- Spanish mackerel49
- Weakfish48
- Gray triggerfish47
- Gag grouper46
- Red grouper46
- Cobia45
- Little tunny44
- Greater amberjack42
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 455 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.2 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 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
71Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
48Wind: 16 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
50Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
60Season: 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 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
Henry Hills Harbor
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Henry Hills Harbor
Henry Hills Harbor is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and king mackerel. It is peak season now for spot, Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black sea bass, Florida pompano, black drum and sheepshead. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- The Narrows66
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 63
- Crevalle jack 62
16 kt NNEH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ftL 2:53 PM · 0.2 ft
- East Bay65
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Red drum 62
16 kt NNEH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ftL 2:53 PM · 0.2 ft
- Peters Cove63
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Crevalle jack 59
16 kt NNEH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ftL 2:53 PM · 0.2 ft
- Deep Hole Point60
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 55
16 kt NNEH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ftL 2:53 PM · 0.2 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.