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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Crevalle jack69
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Gray snapper64
- King mackerel64
- Summer flounder64
- Red drum63
- Florida pompano61
- Black drum60
- Spotted seatrout60
- Southern flounder58
- Spanish mackerel57
- Black sea bass55
- Gag grouper55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red snapper55
- Sheepshead55
- Weakfish55
- Cobia54
- Red grouper54
- Little tunny53
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 543 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-7 PMFlood tide
- 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
82Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
42Wind: 16 kt NPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
52Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 today
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
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Stumpy Point Bay
Stumpy Point Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. 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
- Parched Corn Bay75
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 75
- Crevalle jack 74
10 kt ENEH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ftL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sandy Bay73
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 73
- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
10 kt ENEH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:40 AM · 0.5 ft
- Sandy Point68
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 68
- Crevalle jack 67
- Atlantic croaker 64
10 kt ENEH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:40 AM · 0.5 ft
- Drain Point67
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 67
- King mackerel 67
- Atlantic croaker 64
10 kt ENEH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ftL 2:40 AM · 0.5 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.