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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker61
- Spot61
- Florida pompano60
- Red drum55
- Atlantic tarpon53
- King mackerel48
- Crevalle jack47
- Gray snapper47
- Summer flounder47
- Black drum46
- Spanish mackerel44
- Red snapper43
- Black sea bass40
- Gray triggerfish40
- Little tunny40
- Gag grouper39
- Red grouper39
- Bluefish35
- Greater amberjack35
- Sheepshead35
- Weakfish32
- Cobia30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 309 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
19Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
74Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
46Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Mullet Shoal
- Depth
- 1-3 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Mullet Shoal
Mullet Shoal is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and 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.
- 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
- Cowpen Point61
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Florida pompano 60
- Spot 59
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Whalebone Inlet60
Gut · 3.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Crevalle jack 58
- Spot 57
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ft
- High Hills Inlet60
Channel · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Crevalle jack 58
- Spot 57
20 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ft
- Merkle Hammock59
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Spot 59
- King mackerel 58
12 kt NEL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ftH 5:42 AM · 1.8 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.