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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot60
- King mackerel59
- Summer flounder59
- Crevalle jack58
- Gray snapper58
- Atlantic tarpon57
- Red drum57
- Black drum56
- Spotted seatrout55
- Red snapper53
- Spanish mackerel52
- Black sea bass51
- Florida pompano51
- Gag grouper50
- Gray triggerfish50
- Little tunny50
- Red grouper50
- Southern flounder50
- Greater amberjack47
- Weakfish47
- Sheepshead46
- Cobia41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 412 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
96Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
77Wind: 12 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
38Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Long Shoal
- Depth
- 7-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Long Shoal
Long Shoal is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 7-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and king mackerel. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, king mackerel and summer flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
- 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
- Parched Corn Bay65
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Crevalle jack 63
12 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Pains Bay65
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Crevalle jack 63
12 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Rawls Point60
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- King mackerel 59
12 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Pains Point60
Cape · 3.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Gray snapper 57
12 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 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.