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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout68
- Weakfish68
- Bluefish64
- Little tunny64
- Florida pompano62
- Black drum61
- Southern flounder61
- Black sea bass60
- Striped bass58
- Gag grouper56
- Sheepshead56
- Summer flounder56
- Red snapper53
- Crevalle jack43
- King mackerel42
- Greater amberjack40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia33
Best score today · 3 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 335 AM EST
- Best window
- 12-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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
44Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Water temp: 64°F, coldLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Hickory Creek Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Hickory Creek Bay
Hickory Creek Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, weakfish and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. 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.
- 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
- Mount Pheasant Bay73
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 73
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
9 kt NNEL 11:11 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ft
- Old Hill Bay73
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 73
- Spotted seatrout 71
- Spot 70
9 kt NNEL 11:11 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ft
- Bensons Point67
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
9 kt NNEL 11:11 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ft
- Green Point67
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 67
- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
9 kt NNEL 11:11 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:23 PM · 0.7 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.