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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot69
- Red drum66
- Crevalle jack65
- Southern flounder61
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Gray snapper60
- Summer flounder58
- King mackerel57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Red snapper54
- Black drum52
- Gray triggerfish52
- Weakfish52
- Black sea bass51
- Gag grouper50
- Red grouper50
- Spanish mackerel48
- Cobia47
- Sheepshead47
- Greater amberjack45
- Little tunny41
- Florida pompano40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 474 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-7 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
74Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 11 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 Creek
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Creek
Middle Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for red snapper, black drum, gray triggerfish and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
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
- Drum Cove71
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Red drum 67
14 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- White Perch Bay71
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Crevalle jack 65
14 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Tolers Bay71
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Crevalle jack 65
14 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Drum Point70
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Gray snapper 64
11 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 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.