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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot54
- Gray snapper52
- Red drum51
- Crevalle jack50
- Summer flounder49
- King mackerel47
- Black drum45
- Black sea bass44
- Red snapper42
- Weakfish42
- Florida pompano40
- Sheepshead39
- Gag grouper38
- Gray triggerfish38
- Red grouper37
- Greater amberjack34
- Spanish mackerel34
- Little tunny31
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Bluefish30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Cobia29
Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 293 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-4 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.3 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
67Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
15Wind: 21 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
37Water temp: 79°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
40Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
The Haulover
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 The Haulover
The Haulover is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and gray snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, red snapper and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June 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.
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- Gray snapper 52
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- Royal Point Bay53
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- Spot 53
- Gray snapper 51
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- Casey Bay53
Bay · 0.9 mi
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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.