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CobiaShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot74
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Florida pompano61
- Gray snapper59
- Crevalle jack58
- Red drum58
- Summer flounder53
- Southern flounder52
- Black drum50
- King mackerel50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Spanish mackerel47
- Weakfish47
- Red snapper46
- Sheepshead45
- Black sea bass44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Gag grouper42
- Red grouper42
- Cobia41
- Little tunny41
- Greater amberjack38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 12 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 411 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1-6 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
26Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 82°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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
Swanquarter Bay
- Depth
- 7-10 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 Swanquarter Bay
Swanquarter Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 7-10 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 gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and weakfish. 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
- Eastard Bay78
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 75
- Atlantic tarpon 62
9 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Cowpen Creek77
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 74
- Red drum 61
9 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Long Point71
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 57
9 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 0.5 ft
- Cowpen Point71
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 57
9 kt NNEL 7:10 AM · 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM · 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.