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- Best of all
- Florida pompano60
- King mackerel59
- Atlantic croaker58
- Spot58
- Red drum54
- Atlantic tarpon53
- Gray snapper52
- Red snapper50
- Crevalle jack49
- Gag grouper49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Black sea bass48
- Red grouper48
- Southern flounder48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Summer flounder48
- Spanish mackerel45
- Black drum43
- Greater amberjack43
- Little tunny41
- Sheepshead39
- Bluefish35
- Cobia35
- Weakfish30
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 356 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.1 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
24Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
30Wind: 18 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
56Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 today
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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- This week
Spot profile
Mount Vernon Rock
- Depth
- 2-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Mount Vernon Rock
Mount Vernon Rock is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, king mackerel and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for king mackerel, Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, red snapper, gag grouper and gray triggerfish. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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.
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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.