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- Best of all
- Crevalle jack56
- King mackerel53
- Gray snapper52
- Summer flounder51
- Red snapper49
- Black sea bass46
- Florida pompano46
- Gag grouper45
- Gray triggerfish45
- Red grouper44
- Greater amberjack40
- Sheepshead40
- Spanish mackerel38
- Little tunny36
- Bluefish35
- Atlantic croaker30
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Black drum30
- Cobia30
- Red drum30
- Southern flounder30
- Spot30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Weakfish30
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 303 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
73Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
69Wind: 13 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.5 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of 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
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Spot profile
Little Swash Opening
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Little Swash Opening
Little Swash Opening is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, king mackerel and gray snapper. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, gray snapper and summer flounder, and shoulder season for red snapper, black sea bass, Florida pompano and gag grouper. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September.
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.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Clark Reef65
Bar · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- King mackerel 64
- Gray snapper 61
13 kt NNEH 6:02 AM · 1.0 ftL 12:31 PM · 0.5 ft
- Howard Reef65
Bar · 4.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- King mackerel 65
- Gray snapper 62
13 kt NNEH 6:02 AM · 1.0 ftL 12:31 PM · 0.5 ft
- Quokes Point53
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 53
- Gray snapper 52
- Crevalle jack 51
13 kt NNEH 6:02 AM · 1.0 ftL 12:31 PM · 0.5 ft
- Horsepen Point50
Cape · 4.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 50
- Spot 50
- Gray snapper 48
21 kt NEH 6:02 AM · 1.0 ftL 12:31 PM · 0.5 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.