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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Red drum65
- Crevalle jack59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Southern flounder58
- Gray snapper55
- Spotted seatrout55
- Florida pompano53
- Summer flounder53
- King mackerel51
- Black drum49
- Red snapper48
- Weakfish47
- Black sea bass46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Gag grouper45
- Spanish mackerel45
- Red grouper44
- Cobia42
- Sheepshead42
- Greater amberjack39
- Little tunny38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 422 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-6 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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
100Tide: 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
47Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper 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 Cove73
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- Spot 71
- Red drum 66
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- White Perch Bay73
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Red drum 62
13 kt NEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Tolers Bay73
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Red drum 62
13 kt NEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Drum Point72
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 63
10 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.