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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot74
- Atlantic tarpon72
- Southern flounder69
- Gray snapper68
- Red drum67
- Crevalle jack66
- Spotted seatrout65
- Summer flounder63
- Black drum62
- King mackerel61
- Florida pompano58
- Weakfish58
- Red snapper56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Sheepshead55
- Cobia54
- Black sea bass53
- Gray triggerfish53
- Gag grouper52
- Red grouper52
- Little tunny50
- Greater amberjack47
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 544 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
96Water temp: 76°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
48Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 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
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 Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and southern flounder, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, weakfish 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
- Sandy Bay77
Bay · 5.3 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 77
- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
8 kt NEH 6:48 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ft
- Parched Corn Bay74
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 74
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
8 kt NEH 7:25 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ft
- Drain Point71
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
8 kt ENEH 6:48 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:49 PM · 0.4 ft
- Sandy Point71
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 71
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
8 kt ENEH 6:48 AM · 0.6 ftL 1:49 PM · 0.4 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.