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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker62
- Spot62
- Crevalle jack59
- Red drum58
- King mackerel56
- Summer flounder56
- Gray snapper54
- Red snapper51
- Black sea bass49
- Florida pompano49
- Weakfish49
- Gray triggerfish48
- Black drum47
- Gag grouper47
- Red grouper47
- Cobia43
- Greater amberjack43
- Sheepshead43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Little tunny40
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 1 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 435 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding0.4 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
73Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
55Wind: 14 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 78°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: 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 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
Otter Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Otter Creek
Otter Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for red snapper, black sea bass, Florida pompano and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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
- Berrys Bay61
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 61
- Crevalle jack 58
14 kt NNEH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ftL 2:18 PM · 0.3 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point57
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- King mackerel 56
14 kt NNEH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ftL 2:18 PM · 0.3 ft
- Pingleton Point57
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- King mackerel 56
14 kt NNEH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ftL 2:18 PM · 0.3 ft
- Pains Point57
Cape · 3.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- King mackerel 56
14 kt NNEH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ftL 2:18 PM · 0.3 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.