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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot77
- Crevalle jack76
- Red drum72
- Southern flounder71
- Summer flounder71
- King mackerel70
- Atlantic tarpon69
- Gray snapper69
- Spotted seatrout65
- Florida pompano63
- Spanish mackerel61
- Black sea bass60
- Cobia60
- Gag grouper60
- Gray triggerfish60
- Red snapper60
- Weakfish60
- Black drum59
- Red grouper59
- Sheepshead58
- Greater amberjack56
- Little tunny56
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 603 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
84Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.8 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
Laurel Creek
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Laurel Creek
Laurel Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black sea bass and cobia. 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
- Buck Creek78
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 75
8 kt ENEH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ft
- Juniper Bay78
Bay · 2.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Crevalle jack 76
- Spot 76
8 kt ENEH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ft
- Cunning Harbor Bay77
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 77
- Crevalle jack 76
8 kt ENEH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ft
- West Bluff Bay77
Bay · 2.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 77
- Crevalle jack 76
8 kt ENEH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:23 AM · 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.