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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Red drum62
- Florida pompano59
- Southern flounder57
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder55
- King mackerel54
- Spotted seatrout54
- Crevalle jack53
- Black drum51
- Little tunny46
- Red snapper46
- Gray triggerfish44
- Black sea bass43
- Spanish mackerel43
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Weakfish42
- Sheepshead41
- Greater amberjack40
- Cobia39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 395 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.9 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
34Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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
Quokes Point
- Depth
- 1-2 ftNearest water
- 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 Quokes Point
Quokes Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-2 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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and red snapper. 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
- Clark Reef80
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 66
8 kt NEL 11:43 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:38 PM · 1.1 ft
- Howard Reef79
Bar · 3.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 65
8 kt NEL 11:43 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:38 PM · 1.1 ft
- Little Swash Opening75
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 63
8 kt NEL 11:43 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:38 PM · 1.1 ft
- Horsepen Point72
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Atlantic tarpon 60
6 kt ENEL 11:43 AM · 0.5 ftH 5:38 PM · 1.1 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.