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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Red drum61
- Gray snapper60
- Crevalle jack59
- King mackerel56
- Red snapper53
- Southern flounder53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Summer flounder53
- Black drum52
- Black sea bass51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Little tunny50
- Gag grouper49
- Red grouper49
- Spanish mackerel48
- Weakfish47
- Sheepshead46
- Greater amberjack44
- Cobia42
- Florida pompano40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 421 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-3 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 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
Friday, Oct 2 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
64Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 5 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
32Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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
Middle Bay Point
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Middle Bay Point
Middle Bay Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for red snapper, black drum, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July 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.
- 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
- Big Oyster Creek71
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 68
- Spot 68
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Big Porpoise Bay67
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 65
- Crevalle jack 63
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Deep Point65
Cape · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 63
- Atlantic tarpon 62
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Sage Point62
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Gray snapper 59
- Spot 59
13 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 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.