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- Best of all
- Crevalle jack61
- Gray snapper61
- Atlantic croaker59
- Red drum59
- Spot59
- King mackerel58
- Summer flounder56
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel48
- Black drum47
- Weakfish47
- Black sea bass46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Gag grouper45
- Greater amberjack45
- Cobia44
- Florida pompano44
- Little tunny44
- Red grouper44
- Sheepshead44
- Bluefish35
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 4410 PM EDT
- Best window
- 10-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
98Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.1 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
17Wind: 20 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.2 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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Northern Pond
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Northern Pond
Northern Pond is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, gray snapper and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for red snapper, Spanish mackerel, black drum and weakfish. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. 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.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
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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.