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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot77
- Atlantic tarpon75
- Crevalle jack70
- Gray snapper69
- Summer flounder68
- Red drum67
- Southern flounder65
- Black drum64
- King mackerel64
- Spotted seatrout63
- Black sea bass60
- Florida pompano60
- Weakfish59
- Sheepshead58
- Spanish mackerel57
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red snapper55
- Gag grouper54
- Red grouper53
- Little tunny52
- Cobia50
- Greater amberjack50
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 507 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 AMEbb 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
51Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 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
Old Rollinson Channel
- Depth
- 4-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Old Rollinson Channel
Old Rollinson Channel is a channel in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 4-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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
- Rawlinsons Channel79
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 75
3 kt SL 12:10 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:52 PM · 0.8 ft
- Sandy Bay74
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 73
- Crevalle jack 69
3 kt SL 12:10 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:52 PM · 0.8 ft
- Egg Shoal73
Bar · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 73
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 71
3 kt SL 12:10 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:52 PM · 0.8 ft
- Durant Point68
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Atlantic tarpon 65
3 kt SL 12:10 PM · 0.5 ftH 5:52 PM · 0.8 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.