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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot74
- Florida pompano62
- Atlantic tarpon61
- King mackerel58
- Crevalle jack57
- Southern flounder57
- Gray snapper56
- Red drum55
- Spotted seatrout54
- Summer flounder54
- Little tunny52
- Black drum50
- Spanish mackerel49
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red snapper48
- Black sea bass47
- Gag grouper47
- Red grouper46
- Cobia45
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 457 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 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 + Open-Meteo Marine
20Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
88Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 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
Pains Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Pains Point
Pains Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, black drum and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Pains Bay79
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 79
- Florida pompano 66
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pingleton Point75
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
- Florida pompano 62
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point75
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
- Florida pompano 62
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Rawls Point74
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Florida pompano 62
3 kt NWL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 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.