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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot76
- Spotted seatrout76
- Weakfish75
- Atlantic croaker74
- Black sea bass73
- Red drum71
- Little tunny70
- Southern flounder69
- Black drum68
- Bluefish68
- Sheepshead67
- Florida pompano64
- Striped bass64
- Gag grouper62
- Summer flounder62
- Red snapper59
- King mackerel55
- Crevalle jack51
- Greater amberjack47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 358 PM EST
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
91Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 9 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 66°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Off 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Mouse Harbor
- Depth
- 5-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Mouse Harbor
Mouse Harbor is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 5-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, spotted seatrout and weakfish. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, black sea bass and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and sheepshead. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October 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.
- 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
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- Spotted seatrout 71
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- Shell Hill Point71
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- Red drum 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
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- Kirk Point71
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- Red drum 71
- Spotted seatrout 71
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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.