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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Black sea bass76
- Weakfish74
- Red drum71
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spotted seatrout69
- Spot68
- Gag grouper67
- Little tunny67
- Summer flounder67
- Black drum65
- Southern flounder65
- Sheepshead64
- Bluefish63
- Florida pompano63
- Striped bass62
- Red snapper60
- Crevalle jack54
- King mackerel54
- Greater amberjack51
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3512 PM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.0 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
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 11 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
49Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 2.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
20Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Old Slough
- Depth
- 1-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Old Slough
Old Slough is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for black sea bass, weakfish, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Black sea bass
- Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
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- Bluefish 68
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- Horsepen Point75
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- Bluefish 68
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- Northern Pond71
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- Little tunny 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.