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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack62
- Gray snapper62
- Red drum59
- King mackerel55
- Summer flounder55
- Black drum52
- Red snapper51
- Spotted seatrout50
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Sheepshead48
- Weakfish48
- Gag grouper47
- Red grouper47
- Cobia43
- Florida pompano43
- Greater amberjack43
- Little tunny43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 435 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + 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
74Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
50Wind: 15 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: 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
House Cove
- Depth
- 1-4 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 House Cove
House Cove 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 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Southward Bay63
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Crevalle jack 59
15 kt NNEH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ftL 2:53 PM · 0.2 ft
- House Cove Point61
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 57
15 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Hogpen Point61
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 57
15 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Cedar Creek Point58
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 58
- Spot 56
- Crevalle jack 54
15 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.