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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot70
- Florida pompano59
- Crevalle jack58
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Red drum56
- King mackerel55
- Summer flounder55
- Gray snapper54
- Southern flounder49
- Black drum48
- Black sea bass48
- Spotted seatrout48
- Weakfish45
- Gag grouper43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Red snapper43
- Sheepshead43
- Red grouper42
- Spanish mackerel42
- Greater amberjack38
- Little tunny37
- Cobia35
- Bluefish31
Best score today · 8 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 357 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.8 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 · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
14Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
79Wind: 12 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 81°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
41Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of 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 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
Try Yard Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Try Yard Creek
Try Yard Creek is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, black sea bass and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.
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
- Codds Creek73
Gut · 0.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 59
12 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ft
- Rawson Creek73
Gut · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 59
12 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ft
- Hogpen Bay70
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 63
12 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.6 ft
- Mullet Cove70
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 63
12 kt NEL 2:15 AM · 0.6 ftH 7:25 AM · 1.6 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.