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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack62
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Red drum58
- Gray snapper56
- King mackerel56
- Summer flounder56
- Black drum54
- Spotted seatrout54
- Southern flounder53
- Spanish mackerel52
- Florida pompano51
- Sheepshead49
- Black sea bass48
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Little tunny48
- Red snapper48
- Red grouper47
- Cobia46
- Weakfish46
- Greater amberjack42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 461 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3-7 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 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
Monday, Sep 28 · 2 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
76Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
51Season: 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 black drum, Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano and sheepshead. 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
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- Spot 65
- Crevalle jack 64
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- Sandy Bay64
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Crevalle jack 64
- Spot 64
9 kt ENEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Drain Point57
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- Crevalle jack 56
9 kt ENEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 PM · 0.7 ft
- Sandy Point57
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 57
- Spot 57
- Crevalle jack 56
9 kt ENEL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ftH 8:04 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.